Evil in Middle-Earth

[Elemmírë]

Originally Posted by Attalus

As for the case of the South in the Civil War, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemons) grew up in the prewar South and knew very well that slavery was evil, as did many other Southerners, like Robert E. Lee. They just preferred not to think about it and accept the status quo. Many Southerners fought just becuse of loyalty to their state and region, as most were not slaveowners. This is misguided, but is not the result of evil so much as fuzzy or lazy thinking.

Exactly.

To pull this back OT, does anyone believe, however, that the same argument could be used defending the orcs?