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Lomelinde · 06-12-2002, 09:57 AM

That's a really interesting question.

If I recall correctly (I slept through most of my history classes), the Geneva Convention dealt with setting down rules for the humane treatment of POW's. If they did have something like that in ME, I don't think Tolkien ever said. The peoples of ME (the good ones) probably didn't need something like that anyway, and treated their prisoners decently enough ( i.e. the Elves of Mirkwood were kind to the Dwarves and even Gollum). Also, the "good" races, at least in the second and third ages, never really fought each other; they were all united against one common enemy and had enough problems to deal with. Therefore, they didn't have the time or will to pick quarrels amongst each other, and so didn't start wars with each other either; they had no need for a POW agreement or treaty. The only POW's they got were Orcs, and there's no reason why they would want to treat those humanely.

Hope my rambling helped a little. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

06-12-2002, 09:57 AM	#2
Lomelinde Haunting Spirit Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ha! Wouldn't you like to know? Posts: 80	That's a really interesting question. If I recall correctly (I slept through most of my history classes), the Geneva Convention dealt with setting down rules for the humane treatment of POW's. If they did have something like that in ME, I don't think Tolkien ever said. The peoples of ME (the good ones) probably didn't need something like that anyway, and treated their prisoners decently enough ( i.e. the Elves of Mirkwood were kind to the Dwarves and even Gollum). Also, the "good" races, at least in the second and third ages, never really fought each other; they were all united against one common enemy and had enough problems to deal with. Therefore, they didn't have the time or will to pick quarrels amongst each other, and so didn't start wars with each other either; they had no need for a POW agreement or treaty. The only POW's they got were Orcs, and there's no reason why they would want to treat those humanely. Hope my rambling helped a little. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] __________________ The Dwarf breathes so loud I could've shot him in the dark, drunk, blindfolded and hanging upside down from a tree.