In Defence of Orcs
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Title: In Defence of Orcs
Author: Lord Thomas Paine
I am writing this in protest of our lords' policies regarding orcs.
The current policy of this Kingdom is to kill any orcs on sight. This extreme policy is supposedly justified by the perceived aggressive nature of the orcs, which in fact is created in them by these very policies! It is known that if a child or animal is mistreated continuously, they will eventually become mean-spirted, aggressive and uncivil.
Those with more intelligence will also react in much the same way. Therefore, I say that we must stop treating orcs in this manner, as this policy can only result in more violence and bloodshed on both sides, and if unchecked, could lead to the downfall of humans.
Instead, I would argue that our policy should be one of friendship, or at the very least acceptance. Trading with the orcs would be more profitable and constructive than warring with them, and would definitely cost less lives. Orcs might also provide a large source of low cost labor, especially for jobs that huhumans find distasteful.
It has actually been proven by my parents that an orc, if raised among humans from birth, would act like humans, speak our language almost as well as most humans do, and even consider itself human. Very few people knew that my brother was really an orc. Unfortunately, the government eventually found out, and the city guards attacked our house, killing my orcish brother and imprisoning all the others that were there, forcing me to go into hiding and change my name. To this day I do not know the fate of my family.
If thou doth not believe these are sufficient reasons for a different policy, I shall give two more: the first is that I do not believe that we have the moral right to peruse a policy of exterminating all orcs, which is essentially what our current policy is. The second reason is that waging a war takes resources, which would be much better spent fighting criminals and murderers, humanities true enemies. And with that I must conclude this document.