Maladies of Maleficence - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 12-07-2013, 05:10 AM

There is also the simple fact that one is vulnerable to new or new-to-you strains of disease. Think of how the Europeans wiped out native populations in the colonies with their diseases as their weapons.

I took a gap year befor university and worked for six months in a pharmacy. All day long I was exposed to the sneezing and snuffling of the local sick collecting their 'scripts and buying cough lozenges. The only cold I caught that year was the one my sister considerately brought home from the other side of the country.

I agree however that if you scare someone enough the physical becomes irrelevant, and it is unlikely that Sauron had any humanitarian concern for his troops.

12-07-2013, 05:10 AM	#7
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	There is also the simple fact that one is vulnerable to new or new-to-you strains of disease. Think of how the Europeans wiped out native populations in the colonies with their diseases as their weapons. I took a gap year befor university and worked for six months in a pharmacy. All day long I was exposed to the sneezing and snuffling of the local sick collecting their 'scripts and buying cough lozenges. The only cold I caught that year was the one my sister considerately brought home from the other side of the country. I agree however that if you scare someone enough the physical becomes irrelevant, and it is unlikely that Sauron had any humanitarian concern for his troops. __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace