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   Christopher Kreuzer  wrote:   
   > Joseph  wrote:   
   >> "Morgil"   
   >>> Of course it does. If Faramir could resist the Ring...   
   >>   
   >> I don't think you understand the Ring's power. Resisting the ring is   
   >> not a one-shot affair, it's a lifelong labor.   
      
   > I'd agree with this, with the caveat that this only applies when Sauron   
   > is active again and you are taking the Ring to the land where it was   
   > made, and hence the Ring is becoming more of a burden.   
      
   I would not add that caveat.  I do not think that resisting   
   the Ring once somehow made you immune.  Gandalf and Aragorn   
   could still have been tempted by the Ring had they remained   
   in its presence.  Gandalf even says as much:   
   	"'No', he [Gandalf] said in a soft voice, 'it has gone beyond   
   	  our reach.  Of that at least be glad.  We can no longer   
   	  be tempted to use the Ring.  We must go down to face a   
   	  peril near despair, yet that deadly peril is removed.'"   
      
   The Ring was a constant temptation.  Gandalf and Aragorn   
   and are spared further temptation because the Ring is no   
   longer in reach.   
      
   Stephen   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)