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Lord of Angmar · 07-06-2003, 07:41 PM

I think we all agree that nobody can really know the mind of Feanor or his reasoning at the time of the Kinslaying. Was it a reasonable reaction to Olwe's decline? No. Was Olwe in the right in refusing him the ships? This is the biggest question to be debated, but strong arguments can be made for both sides. As for me, I believe that Olwe should have felt no bond to lend or give the ships of his people to Feanor. Beyond the simple facts of the Kinslaying, it can only be debated how things may have come out differently, but certainly there is NEVER justification for slaughtering your own kin.

07-06-2003, 07:41 PM	#77
Lord of Angmar Tyrannus Incorporalis Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the North Posts: 833	I think we all agree that nobody can really know the mind of Feanor or his reasoning at the time of the Kinslaying. Was it a reasonable reaction to Olwe's decline? No. Was Olwe in the right in refusing him the ships? This is the biggest question to be debated, but strong arguments can be made for both sides. As for me, I believe that Olwe should have felt no bond to lend or give the ships of his people to Feanor. Beyond the simple facts of the Kinslaying, it can only be debated how things may have come out differently, but certainly there is NEVER justification for slaughtering your own kin. __________________ ...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.