XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: no@no.com   
      
   On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:12:44 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   /snip/   
      
   > The picture of orcs is more likely to have been influenced by the creatures   
   of   
   > 20th-century dicatorships, the opposite of civilised, crude, cruel and   
   > barbarous. If I recall correctly they were bread and brought up by Morgaoth   
   to   
   > be like that -- unable to create life of his own, he had to twist other   
   > creatures. And that is the effect of the brainwashing and indoctrination   
   > carried out by dictatorial regimes.   
      
      
   Hm. Maybe I'm over-influenced by RPG, but I've always seen Orcs as Chaotic   
   Evil rather than Lawful Evil.   
      
   The Orcs who were carrying Merry and Pippin overland didn't seem very   
   lawful or indoctrinated. They seemed more like independent barbarians,   
   loosely allied, and always feuding with each other and not accepting   
   anyone's authority.   
      
      
   Bree   
      
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