Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Raynor
In Unfinished Tales it is stated that the rohirrim didn't recognize them as humans. And there is a precedence to this: the eldar hunting petty dwarves, who weren't recognized as sentient beings either. Also, hunting a beast may be more than a sport, more like a problem of survival in special conditions. Their description, esspecially of their relentlessness in pursuing enemies, isn't much conducive to cooperative feelings.
|
'orrible, isn't it, how easy it is to justify genocide.
I'm reminded of the fate of the
Boethuk Indians of Newfoundland, of whom some reports say they were hunted like animals.