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Again, I said I don't support the use of the term. I don't advocate its use and I don't use it personally or in works myself. I think it is an insulting slur. But we are trying to figure out what JRR Tolkien had in mind when he used it in the 40s* because the assertion here is that orcs are based on a racial stereotype. /snip
No. You are trying to figure out what JRR Tolkien had in mind.
Me, I couldn't care less.
/edit - whoops, sorry, didn't realize how much this thread had moved on. Please ignore.