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   From: morestelx@hotmail.com   
      
   Joseph wrote:   
   > "Morgil"  wrote in message   
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   >>One would think that if the point of destroying the Ring was   
   >>to prove that Men were worthy to rule the Middle-earth, it   
   >>would make sense that the job would be given to one of those   
   >   
   >   
   > Right, and that would have failed, chiefly *because* it would have been the   
   > approach which made sense. If it makes sense to you, don't you think it   
   > would have made sense to Sauron as well? The strategy succeeded principally   
   > because it did *not* make sense.   
      
   "If". It was your idea, remember?   
      
   > "Morgil"   
   >   
   >>who *were* going to rule it, and not a member of a tiny sub-   
   >>group of Humans, distantly related to the Men, who had never   
   >>and would never rule anyone :-)   
   >   
   >   
   > It wan't about rulership. The ring was about rulership. The entire quest was   
   > about responsibility and cooperation.   
      
   Congratulations. You have discovered the obvious, which is   
   much better then your previous assertion that the quest was   
   about Men overcoming their inherent weakness for power.   
      
   Now *please* leave it to that!   
      
   Morgil   
      
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