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[-] HappyFrog 4 points 1 week ago

Yes, and that is exactly the moral dilemma Tolkien had. He believed that killing orcs are wrong unless there is a very good reason, so he would have thought it was wrong to kill demons unless there is a very good reason.

[-] Nikelui@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I think the orcs/demons being hell-bent on killing humans is a sufficiently good reason.

[-] HappyFrog 5 points 1 week ago
[-] Nikelui@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

I don't think he does. The whole point of Sauron trying to enslave Middle Earth is exactly the justification you need for the mass slaughter of the "enemy". If the orcs were spending the days idly farming and smoking hobbit pipes, you would have a whole other argument against genocide.

[-] HappyFrog 3 points 1 week ago

Did you read the wiki page I sent? Fighting an army isn't the same as committing a genocide.

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