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I don't really think that the usage of his quote was quite right there...Tolkein wasn't necessarily referring to gun-use or anything, and while perhaps they interpretted it that way, I know that if my writing was used like that I'd be upset.
I thought I heard in this National Geographic tape that Tolkein actually didn't want his work to be related to all the wars and stuff going on at that time. Which makes sense, if you create something so beautiful, why would you want people to start to label it and dissect it until it's no longer a masterpiece and instead a homework project or some fancy schmancy reciprocation of World War II.
So all in all, I think using that quote was wrong. It was presenting a message that Tolkein did not necessarily intend to create, and could have in fact been against. He could be turning over in his grave right now! (haha that kinda fits in with the dead theme here doesn't it?)
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