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Morwen Tindomerel · 05-21-2003, 09:05 AM

"Findegil, its maybe not something to get into, but I think if you look into it at all, you'll see that torture ALWAYS works. Sorry, but the human body is incredibly sensitive to pain, & also to psychological torture. EVERYONE breaks. They just do. Unless they die first."

Actually this isn't true - read the accounts of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth century martyrs sometime. But it's immaterial anyway. We are talking about Middle Earth here not the real world.

And it is a mistake to assume that every act of malice in Beleriand is directly attributable to Morgoth. People, Elves and Men, are perfectly capable of being nasty, petty and vicious on their own.

05-21-2003, 09:05 AM	#25
Morwen Tindomerel Wight Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Minas Anor or Annuminas the Golden Posts: 187	"Findegil, its maybe not something to get into, but I think if you look into it at all, you'll see that torture ALWAYS works. Sorry, but the human body is incredibly sensitive to pain, & also to psychological torture. EVERYONE breaks. They just do. Unless they die first." Actually this isn't true - read the accounts of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth century martyrs sometime. But it's immaterial anyway. We are talking about Middle Earth here not the real world. And it is a mistake to assume that every act of malice in Beleriand is directly attributable to Morgoth. People, Elves and Men, are perfectly capable of being nasty, petty and vicious on their own.