Being a titty baby, I think, but in some ways you can understand his view even if blowing up the world to return to 'former glory' isn't the answer either. Elves have been enslaved since essentially forever - and the ones that attempt to hang onto the culture and history that humans stamped out are a bunch of prats. Save for this one kitten, she was a sweetheart.
They really can't, they cry and sob when they get splinters in one finger.