A Face-palm for Sauron

[Eönwë]

Originally Posted by Boo Radley

Very good point, Inziladun.

I just wonder, the quote from Letters notwithstanding, just how Sauron could be defeated by anyone holding the Ring. The Ring was part of him.
Well... maybe... okay... I think I can see it. But, hey! it wouldn't matter, would it? Anyone who defeated Sauron with the Ring would just become a brand new Sauron. There's be a name change, and the packaging would be a bit different, but it'd be the same nastiness inside the box.

Like when Gandalf says:

Originally Posted by Gandalf

I am Saruman, one might almost say, Saruman as he should have been.

Basically, in the same way that Olorin is no longer the second most important Istar, and so takes the place of Saruman, the new person who claimed the ring would be the Dark Lord in place of Sauron.