So, about the Hobbit Movie

[Neil]

There's nothing wrong with 'ethnically cleansing' evil.

[Ed Anger]

There's nothing wrong with 'ethnically cleansing' evil.

Or polacks.

[Neil]

There's nothing wrong with 'ethnically cleansing' evil.

Or polacks.

Hans Frank failed to save us from Martinus.

[Viking]

If Sauron had gassed six million Dwarves, would we still be having this argument?

Well, hitler did and the only guys to fight to the death were the ones who knew they were going to be executed after the war. The fundamental problem of nazism was it's inability to find good help, which Lex Luthor and the Joker manage easily.

[Sophie Scholl]

Dwarves in the Silmarillion, for example, are scheming little backstabbers because the elves portray them this way.

As I'm rereading the book for the... 6th or 7th time, I'd like to clarify that the only dwarves who get a bad rap are the "petty-dwarves", aka Mîm and his surviving son, who betray Túrin's company.  The rest of the dwarves generally come off in a positive or at least neutral light in terms of the story, which is primarily the story of the Noldor and their struggles in the main body of the book.  The dwarves trade with the elves and help them on occasion against Morgoth, establishing close relations with a few different communities of the Noldor in particular due to their mutual love of crafting fine and wondrous things.

[Agelastus]

Dwarves in the Silmarillion, for example, are scheming little backstabbers because the elves portray them this way.

As I'm rereading the book for the... 6th or 7th time, I'd like to clarify that the only dwarves who get a bad rap are the "petty-dwarves", aka Mîm and his surviving son, who betray Túrin's company.  The rest of the dwarves generally come off in a positive or at least neutral light in terms of the story, which is primarily the story of the Noldor and their struggles in the main body of the book.  The dwarves trade with the elves and help them on occasion against Morgoth, establishing close relations with a few different communities of the Noldor in particular due to their mutual love of crafting fine and wondrous things.

Was it the Dwarven city of Nogrod or the Dwarven city of Belegost that sent the army that sacked Menegroth; I forget?

As to the Hobbit (movie) I haven't seen it; as to the Hobbit (setting) what's this stuff about the Dwarves voluntarily quitting Moria/Khazad-Dum? They were driven out when the Balrog killed "Durin-the-high-number-I've-forgotten-and-cannot-be-bothered-to-look-up." That's why the Balrog is known as "Durin's Bane" to the Dwarves.