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I think that hiding away his city was a natural reaction to the threat his people faced, but in doing so he effectively condemned said people to a life (and an endless life, at that) in a prison. Gondolin, the Gated Community of Arda.
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That is a matter of perspective dependant on the perspective of those supposedly imprisoned. What is freedom?
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Following this logic, it was actually a good thing that Gondolin fell, since all those "prisoners" who could escape alive would be free
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Apparently it is being a bunch of refugees barely clinging to a rather unpleasant coastline. And escaping alive was a real trick wasn't it? 
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Remember the Fen of Serech
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Huor and Hurin wanted that.
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