I also think Elves had by this point adopted a fairly "hands off" approach to Men. If they had been going to force one to do anything then Elrond and Cirdan missed their chance with Isildure... though of course it would have had fatal consequences for them and the troops in the vicinity...
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“But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.”
Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace
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