[Gothmog]

Oh, guess what I'm going to vote

If a villain like Curufin is removed, the outlaws will look up to Turin more and he will be the father figure of all thiefs, murderers and bandits in ME. That sounds terrific, doesn't it? People who thought of him as nothing else than a faint copy of the worst scoundrel ever (you know who) will come and join the glorious Turin King of Thiefs, Turin the Bloody, Turin the Cruel. What a reputation!

Besides, as soon as he comes near an innocent, they will give him all he wants. He won't have to kill poor peasants or slay villagers, the rumour will do the work. To remove the only threat to this greatness, a notorious villain who's been defended this far by his qualities as badguy, is the inly possible choice. Therefor:

++Curufin