[lonevoice]

Locke is sooo not dead. Here's a screencap of the image of Jacob as he briefly appeared onscreen before slamming Ben against the wall. Jacob screencap from Lostpedia.com Without a doubt, that IS John Locke with long hair and the raggedy old pirate clothes favored by the Others (because the original non-Ben Others were the survivors of the Black Rock slavetrader ship). Sooner or later the Losties are going to have to understand that they've been catapulted into an alternate universe created by a rift in the space-time continuum. Or something like that. :-P

How do you make a LOST treaty with people like that?

[Scotswife]

I agree Locke is not dead.

Jacob could look like Locke...he looks a bit like Dennis Hopper too. Time will tell.

The writers of the show had a special this week and said these people are living/breathing in the space/time continuum - they are not in purgatory.
I don’t know if that supports your theory or not, as I find it all so confusing (which is why I love the show)

I hadn’t thought about the Others being descended from the slave ship...interesting.

I wonder where Michael and Walt are right about now?

What do you think of the idea that Ben can see Jacob but cannot hear him?

And why does the smoke monster want to kill people?

[SwankyC]

Locke is sooo not dead.

...I hate it when you're right. lol