I for one would say a lack of discernment is a lack of good sense.
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But as it is mentioned elsewhere many times everything that did happen was doomed to happen in any case and Mandos knew it. But the war between good and evil was the fate of Arda in its conception and even Eru knew that...
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The jury is still out on how much of what happened in the world was "doomed" beforehand to happen. It'll probably remain out as long as I, at least, remain unconvinced that nobody has free will or that free will is limited to a particular group. [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
(And, yes, I think that even the Elves had a certain amount of free will. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] )
[ February 27, 2002: Message edited by: Kuruharan ]