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the Woses were hunted & killed because they were ugly, secretive & wary?
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I guess I will have to restate my opinion several times in this thread. The exact cause of the attacks is not known. Tolkien states that the drugs weren't recognised as humans. These are, more or less, the facts. What I added to them was presenting various circumstances that could have misled any judgement of their race by an uninformed observer. When Merry hears them talking, he thought it was drums he was hearing; their laughter is a gurgling noise; their looks are unpleasant (I accept your points on fairness). Other, more "civilised" features is the use of poisonous arrows and the transfer of magic to objects. These times of deceit and fear, with the enemy always working to spread lies (isn't that Melkor's most powerful weapon?); people of the same race have been turned against each other from the beginning - even more against other races, or races displaying questionable features or behaviours. People of good moral standing have been constantly deceived. What I am saying is that we have much too little information and way too many signs of evil interference to assign moral blame.
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This seems like Rohirrim propaganda.
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Concerning events of the First Age??