<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> I think Peter actually hit upon exactly what Tolkien thought while he was writing it. Sometimes murder HAS to be committed for good to triumph over evil. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>You need to read the books again. <P>The whole book (and the Silmarillion for that matter) is about the virtue of humility set against the sins of hubris and pride. I don't think Tolkien could have been clearer on that: "pity stayed his hand" etc.<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Besides, anything done in defense of good, will be good, just as anything done in defense of evil, will be evil, no matter what the doer's intentions are. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>No. That is the very reason Galadriel does not take the Ring: wanting to do good she would be tempted into evil ways. Justifying her actions as being for the good (the ends justifying the means) is exactly the trap set by the Ring's power. <P>What you are claiming is a total perversion of the books' message: pity defeats hate while hate just breeds more hate.<p>[ 6:42 PM December 19, 2003: Message edited by: pandora ]
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