Good stuff,
Davem.
I have a question though.
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There will be all kinds of consequences for me personally dependent on how I choose to get to my destination, & I will be judged on how I did it & held accountable for my actions.
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What if the only way for you to get to London in time is to steal your friend's car?
Who is to blame then?
You, for doing what
must be done, your friend for not willingly giving you a ride, or your parents who disapprove of you going to London which encourages your friend not to help you?
Can you place any immediate blame in such a situation, or do you have to trace the entire story back a ways to find where things went wrong?
I think, in the case of the kinslaying, the events were set in motion well before it happened, and it couldn't be expected not to happen once a certain point was reached.
The Noldor
have to get to Middle-Earth quickly. The only way to do so was to go on the Teleri's boats. The Teleri wouldn't let their boats be used, so the only path left was to try and take them. The Teleri tried to stop the Noldor, which of course resulted in a fight. The fight led to weapons being wielded.
It was an unstoppable chain reaction. Where did it all start?
Surely we must judge the actions that originally sent things down the wrong course, and not the actions that were an inevitable result.
Would you agree?