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   Message 351 of 1,925   
   Christopher Kreuzer to Stan Brown   
   Re: Can you love your enemy and still ki   
   09 Oct 05 23:29:07   
   
   XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis, rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: spamgard@blueyonder.co.uk   
      
   Stan Brown  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 10:54:08 +0000 (UTC) in rec.arts.books.tolkien,   
   > Zip favored us with...   
   >> In trying to figure out why Elrond did not simply force Isildur to   
   >> throw the ring into the flames of Mount Doom, one can only conclude   
   >> that the influence of the ring was so strong, that he could not   
   >> bring himself to stop Isildur from walking off with it... Afterall,   
   >> the Ring of Power protects itself by ingratiating itself with the   
   >> owner and the others near it...   
   >   
   > I don't agree.   
   >   
   > It seems equally plausible to me that Elrond and Cirdan did not   
   > compel Isildur because they valued the autonomy of the person.   
      
   I agree, though I'd ask if by that you mean 'free will'?   
      
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