1: LOTR: This is an example of the "heroes are no worse than the villains", not "the villains are any good". Gondor is the heir of imperialistic Numenor, Rohan was originally created as a puppet of Gondor, on the ancestral lands of the
http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Dunlendings, which it forced off of the grazing lands of
http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Calenardhon, into hilly reservations. In other words, Rohan did to the native dunlendings the exact same thing as Isengard is doing to the Fangorn ents: forcing them from their native land, killing all who resist and destroying their culture. Neither of the two can claim moral high ground. Mordor marches with war on Gondor, just like Gondor and friends did in the
http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/War_of_the_Last_Alliance, in response, not to Mordorian invasion, but merely to Mordor's existence (from the wiki: The Last Alliance of Elves and Men was formed in 3430 of the Second Age in response to
the threat of conquest by the Dark Lord Sauron). They invaded, and killed all of the orcs who inhabited the Gorgoroth (from the Wiki: "the Elves and Men were ready to face their oldest and greatest enemy ---
this time for the last time. No prisoners could or would be taken; both sides knew this, and so it lent each army a desperate energy"). If Mordor supports slavery, Gondor supports genocide.
The hobbits are actually nice people though, their just being used as pawns, in the same way as the Haradrim are just pawns for Sauron, not themselves malicious.
*cough*)
.), but I digress
