Gandalf a Madman?

[Baran]

But Gandalf did not send Frodo to Mordor, Frodo chose to do it himself. And Gandalf did not choose the path, he fell in Moria and when he returned, Frodo was well on his way. Gandalf thought that if Frodo would bring it to mordor and destroy it, then maybe sauron would be too caught up dealing with Gondor to notice Frodo, which is exactly what happened.

Even without Gandalf there, the plan had always been for Frodo to trow the ring into Mt. Doom.

And what is the use of sending Frodo to the fire if he uncapable of throwing the ring into it? He couldn't even throw it into the fireplace in his own house in Hobbiton! Madnes I tell you!

I also think Gandalf could make a good guess of the future, but I don't think he could know that Gollum would bite Frodo's finger off and fall into the fire. If you could predict the future, why worry about it? And Gandalf did a whole lot of worrying.

It would of course have been much better to use the ring against Sauron, why send this gift to the land of Mordor, straigh into the hands of Sauron? [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]

[ December 01, 2002: Message edited by: Baran ]