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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/nenya.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: IŽll leave my scimitar in its scabbard anyway...
What was so laudable about Melian`s (and by extension) Galadriel`s) role in the First Age? She kept Doriath safe from outside interference, but did little to aid the other Beleriandic realms against Morgoth. RKittle`s label `ethnocentric isolationists` could be equally applied to Melian and Thingol as well as Galadriel and Celeborn.
Trying to maintain an Elven haven whilst taking little or no interest in the travails of the outside world does not amount to taking a stance aginst evil.
(BTW, Sharku. Two little words you may wish to consider. Guernica, 1937.)
Look into the
http://www.fortunecity.co.uk/library/classiccourt/77/Mirror of Desire.</a> </p>