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Re: The Bridge of Khazad-dum
Hey, only... hmm... 1400 posts to go to catch up to you. Wait! Er... make that 1399 counting this one! <img src=smile.gif ALT="
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I'm no math major -- far from it. In fact, I took a BFA degree and didn't have a single math course in college. My specialty is imagination. <img src=wink.gif ALT="
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I'm just trying to fill in the gaps in a plausible way using my imagination, just as in another thread which will go unnamed
*coughtrolls*. First you ding me for not filling in logical, common sense gaps in the "textual evidence", then you ding me for thinking too much.
Of course the bridge is a bottle-neck. The bottle-neck is the whole point. But only when you're trying to quickly move large numbers across it. The only reason I can think of that you would need to move large numbers quickly through the east gate would be in support of an invasion. Hence the bridge's effective defensive posture.
Consider that the Orcs appear to have occupied Moria for years (presumably without the benefit of trading partners) with no access through the West Gate and only the bridge in the East.
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