WOuld you kill gollum

[Tar-Palantir]

Ok, I'm getting pretty tired of hearing people say this about Gollum. You can't say that because you don't know if that's true. In "The Hobbit", it said that Gollum used to teach his grandmother to suck eggs. Right there he's being a good samaritan in a sense and he is helping someone, and isn't that good?

Well, I can't help it if that is the feeling I get from reading about him. Granted, I didn't recall the 'eggs' line, and that does sound like a decent act, but dollars to donuts he would have strangled her for a gold ring.

So please don't say stuff like that if you can't back it up.

Besides the killing of Deagol (pre-ring, of course) there are three key lines from FotR:
"..and he used it (the Ring) to find out secrets, and he put his knowledge to crooked and malicious uses. He became sharp-eyed and keen-eared for all that was hurtful. The ring had given him power according to his stature."
That makes it pretty clear to me. And even the great Gandalf himself says with regards to Gollum deserving death: "Deserves it! I daresay he does" Of course his stance favors pity and mercy "...not to strike without need." but he quite clearly feels that Gollum deserves death, and as far as I know there are none more knowledgeable in Smeagol-lore. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]