[HairOfTheDog]

hehehe - I was preparing the post on the issue while you were... He doesn't really touch it... but would he be affected by the contact he did have? - as we know (or don't know yet, but will know), Sam was changed by his contact with it, though he bore it and wore it...

Is Boromir truly a hapless victim of irresistable temptation? The first to fall, but not the only one that would have fallen had the Fellowship all been pushed to the limit? Perhaps I ask these questions too early, but there they are for your consideration as we travel through it.

[ksen]

Is Boromir truly a hapless victim of irresistable temptation? The first to fall, but not the only one that would have fallen had the Fellowship all been pushed to the limit? Perhaps I ask these questions too early, but there they are for your consideration as we travel through it.

I think if Boromir was as bad as SOME people(nudge) make him out to be, he would have never even tried to resist the call of the Ring. The very fact that he is trying to resist tells me that he was a good man tempted beyond his ability refuse.

I think that if everyone else had continued with Frodo, that they would have fallen, one by one, to the will of the Ring. (Highlight to read)

-Kevin