Enemies

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Raynor

In Unfinished Tales it is stated that the rohirrim didn't recognize them as humans. And there is a precedence to this: the eldar hunting petty dwarves, who weren't recognized as sentient beings either. Also, hunting a beast may be more than a sport, more like a problem of survival in special conditions. Their description, esspecially of their relentlessness in pursuing enemies, isn't much conducive to cooperative feelings.

'orrible, isn't it, how easy it is to justify genocide.

I'm reminded of the fate of the Boethuk Indians of Newfoundland, of whom some reports say they were hunted like animals.