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Had Frodo been able to teleport to Mt. Doom from the Shire, I believe he probably would've had little problem with destroying it.
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I disagree. When Gandalf came to the Shire in A Shadow of the Past Gandalf proved it was the One Ring, told Frodo of the dangers, etc.
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"But why not destroy it, as you say should have beendone long ago?" cried Frodo again. "If you had warned me or even sent me a message, I would have done away with it."
"Would you? How would you do that? Have you tried?"
"No. but I suppose one could hammer it or melt it."
"Try," said Gandalf. "Try now."
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Frodo does try and he finds he cannot destroy it. So, I suppose that with some difficulty Frodo might be able to destroy it at Mount Doom but it definitey would have been hard.
But that was not the original question. I agree that Isildur could not have been "forced" into destroying the ring; it would break his mind. Isildur did not have the strength to cast the ring away, and though there were some who had that strength of mind, there were probably not very many.
Just my opinion.