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Old 10-10-2007, 08:51 AM   #1
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It's different if you are overwhelmed against your will, but a device that makes you evil?
However, this device isn't any object, seeing the amount of power it has, its special relation to Sauron and even some presumed "intelligence"/activity of its own. I would also expect a great concentration of Melkor's marring throughout Arda to have a somewhat similar effect.
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If Melkor did make orcs from elves, seeing the behaviour of the elves, he may have had some that were somewhat amenable to the process, though by a thousand slices.
Well... maybe .
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The 'good' did not lack for power. Gandalf could have used much more power than he did. Saruman could have been made to bow before him. But Gandalf showed restraint and so simply made Saruman mostly impotent.
I see. By Free Folk I didn't previously included our istari friend(s). We should bear in mind that the elves came rather close to this, through their Rings of power that counter the marring and the decay.
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hmm, I should coin that phrase
You should, it sounds catchy .
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Were not Melkor and Manwe brothers?Why then was Melkor corrupted and Manwe not?
True, but Melkor had greater power and Manwe had a more special relation with Eru.
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Old 10-10-2007, 08:57 AM   #2
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True, but Melkor had greater power and Manwe had a more special relation with Eru.
Right. But my point is that 'power corrupts' is either always true or only sometimes true. Manwe and Eru would indicate that power, in and of itself, does not always corrupt.
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Old 10-10-2007, 09:01 AM   #3
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But my point is that 'power corrupts' is either always true or only sometimes true. Manwe and Eru would indicate that power, in and of itself, does not always corrupt.
Well, I would say that a more proper phrasing would be "greater power increases the likelihood of corruption - unless balanced".
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Well, I would say that a more proper phrasing would be "greater power increases the likelihood of corruption - unless balanced".
Graphing power versus corruption would not show any correlation. One who is corrupted may seek power, but at every level, from Melkor to Sandyman, we have contemporaries that, having the same or similar levels of power, are not corrupted.

It's what you do with it - as you referenced previously via Spiderman.
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Graphing power versus corruption would not show any correlation. One who is corrupted may seek power, but at every level, from Melkor to Sandyman, we have contemporaries that, having the same or similar levels of power, are not corrupted.
True, because what is left out is the balancing part - be it consciousness or grace manifested in inner or exterior fortunate conditions. The subsequent deeds and their moral quality are a result of this balancing.
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