All very valid points, GreatWarg, reasons that would make a hatred of dwarves understandable, but not wise. To hate an entire race for two and some ages because one troop of dwarves killed a (great, beloved) kinsman during an argument with original faults on both sides is not an act of wisdom. Wisdom is what's needed for the White Council. Wisdom requires the ability to see beyond personal bitterness. Celeborn seems able to do that on second thought or after hearing from Galadriel, but this is not his first response. He's a little old to be so intemperate. However, this makes him potentially of great interest as a character; it's a pity he appears so little.
I think that Silvan elves might have different types of insight than the Noldor do, but that Silvan elves are as likely to be as wise, if not as knowledgable in lore as the Noldor... more like Treebeard's sort of insight-- I'd take his advice over that of most Noldor.
My feeling is that Celeborn had a great deal of insight into the land and the trees, the wind and the earth, but could never articulate it even to his wife.
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