Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26210095-20160120210641/@comment-26295802-20160120212818

You just can't apply real-world principles to Middle-Earth. Things are much more eternal there because of the extended life and because of the elves. Its an entire different culture then ours, and you can't just take things from our culture

"3,000 years is too long"

and apply it to theirs. Its a fantasy realm.