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Originally Posted by Inziladun
When I said didn't believe Saruman could have been trusted, I meant that I did not believe his repentance could be permanent and he would have fallen into his old thoughts and desires, for the reasons I stated. I was not speculating on who would have been likely to give him a chance and take him at his word.
As you say, Gandalf would have, and said as much after the breaking of Saruman's staff. I was simply opining that doing so would have been unwise.
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Yep, thanks for making it clear. I just thought this objective formulation (posed in the first post anyway) was a little unclear. All right, makes sense.
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