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- From: erikt@sci.kun.nl (Erik van de Tier)
- Subject: Re: Breeding Dragons (was Re: Bombadil)
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- Organization: University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 08:58:34 GMT
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- Dustin Laurence writes,
-
- >First of all, I don't see any basis for orcish free will except guesswork.
- >Treebeard does not list them among the "free" peoples; what he meant by
- >free peoples is also a matter of conjecture, but I personally believe that
- >it implies moral freedom. Thus, I would say that orcs do not have moral
- >free will. I don't remember any other mention of "free" vs. unfree peoples
- >that would clarify, but contrast the treatment of gollum and orcs. Gollum
- >is in some sense "evil", but still retains moral free will --as did Saruman.
- >Orcs, OTOH, do not seem to. The moral choice was made long ago, when some
- >elves listened to Melkor's lies.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- I you mean that the first Orc's were created when the Noldor left Valinor
- or that the Elves were `lured' (I hope I spelled this right) to Melkor (and by
- Melkor), I don't agree with you. If you meant something else ignore this
- comment.
- In the Silmarillion I found that when the Elves were just awaken (at Cuivienen), they were sometimes `visited' by Melkor who `kidnapped' some of them.
- Melkor corrupted them and turned them into Orc's.
-
- ______________________________________________________________________________
- Erik van der Tier (erikt@sci.kun.nl)
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