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Recneps wrote: The main issue is that explosives themselves are viewed as Evil within Tolkien.

He fought in WW1. Understandable, isn't it? But, technically, he DID use explosives then, to fight his own enemies on the battlefield. He was called to arms by his superiours. Why should his world live off of a different moral code?