[The Might]

Firstly, about the historical references, you will see above that I was not the one who started them, I merely pointed out several historical mistakes or false interpretations in my opinion. It thus came about in the discussion that historical references were used as comparisons for events in Arda.

Secondly, refering to the "@" symbol, I was under no circumstances aware of its aggressive connotation. I have seen it used and used it myself on another forum and none of use ever did it in an aggressive context, but only to save some time for typing so to speak. I usually avoid that here on the Downs, since we don't use short forms of words, etc., but it seems to have stuck.

Now that I know that some may feel offended by its use I will refrain from using it here any longer. Thank you for your information in that respect, Bêthberry! I will edit my post above and remove the @s.

That is an interesting take on the question of guilt, and seeing it that way the question does lose its importance. Then again, seen that way many of the questions raised by his work make little sense, since it would be necessary for the author to depict things in a certain way.


And Andsigil, I will repeat that said above. I never said he would be "kept at bay for ever", I merely said that an alliance with the Easterlings and Southrons would have very much weakened Sauron and would have brought the free people of M-e in a much stronger position.

And yes, culture was a barrier, indeed. There were many differences between them, but simply looking back at Elves and Men of the First Age there were a lot more differences, even different races. And that worked out... so why wouldn't this work out?

And yes, you are correct about the debate part. Here in Germany most people do go for the accusation of being a Nazi when trying to end any debate, but that was not my intention.