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- From: dzik@access.digex.com (Joseph Dzikiewicz)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien
- Subject: Re: Orcs in the Last Alliance
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 15:26:50 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.193711.22812@netcom.com> solovay@netcom.com (Andrew Solovay) writes:
- >
- >I can't believe that the Ents would fight for Sauron, since
- >Sauron had earlier destroyed the gardens of the Entwives (and
- >probably destroyed all the Entwives as well).
-
- I have some problems with that as well. I also have problems with
- the other members of the Last Alliance accepting orcs and trolls
- onto their side. However, that is the clear implication of the
- passage from the Silmarillion.
-
- All of this raises some interesting questions on whether orcs can
- do good. Is there any more on this anywhere in JRRT's writings?
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