Things the council of Elrond discussed before deciding to destroy the ring:
1.Boromir maybe if we built a catapult...or at least some ninja wizards!
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2.Gimli maybe if we build a great Wall around Mordor.......
3.Elrond well if me and my buddies reprogram the Matrix we could erase sauron from existence...(gandalf whispers"wrong movie")
so on so forth you get the idea