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   From: mightymartianca@hotmail.com   
      
   On Sun, 9 Oct 2005 21:55:42 -0400,   
   Joseph  wrote:   
   > Steve Hayes   
   >> Gandalf also says, when he reappears to the hobbits after his encounter   
   >> with   
   >> the balrog, that Sauron cannot know their plans. He fears a champion wuill   
   >> use   
   >> the ring to overpower him, but cannot conceive that they might try to   
   >> destroy   
   >> the ring itself.   
   >   
   > And that was Sauron's flaw. We have a tendency to judge others according to   
   > our own philosophies. To Sauron, so immersed in his own lust for power, it   
   > was inconceivable that anyone would ever attempt to destroy the ring. So all   
   > of his schemes were predicated on his ability to control anyone who   
   > attempted to use the ring. So the strategy of destroying the ring hit at   
   > Suron's blind-spot and defeated him.   
   >   
   > Also, Suaron always assumed that a 'champion' would be sent out to defeat   
   > him. Ultimately, he was defeated by a humble halfling - a classic 'David vs.   
   > Goliath' scenario.   
      
   I'd say he was defeated by a *clumsy* halfling.  The humble one had, at that   
   point, lost all his humility and had pretty much guaranteed Sauron's   
   victory.   
      
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