Why Does Good Suck So Much?

[Boromir88]

Originally Posted by Nikkolas

Genocide is defined as-
"The deliberate killing of a large group of people, esp. those of a particular ethnic group or nation."

It doesn't mean he sent out to stamp out every last one of them.

It's usually a good idea to use context and think of The Silmarillion (or any story) on its own terms and not slap modern definitions, or inflammatory analogies, on it.