would you destroy the one ring? - Page 2

Psycho Kitty · 04-29-2003, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
Unbothered? Unlikely. Sauron would become aware of you relatively quickly, and would send his Nazgul to "bother" you.

ah but if the baggins had never found me and taken the ring and word had passed about me in connection with the ring then sauron and his minions would have never known. i was deep in the dark bowels of the earth. saurons eye could not see me. so how could he have found me. sauron heard about me because the ring was LOST. if it had never been taken then it may have been ages until it was actually located. and by then there certainly would have been a war and maybe sauron would be dead. and no one would ever know. remember the ring passed out of all knowledge.

elixir · 07-26-2003, 08:35 PM

Nope, I wouldn't have destroyed the Ring. I'm too weak-minded. I would have used it for my own good (as Bilbo did) and then Sauron would have found me, killed me and taken the Ring and destroyed Middle-Earth. But I don't think that anyone had been stupid enough to let me have the Ring

kiwi52291 · 07-26-2003, 09:11 PM

I would say yes I would destroy, but if I was actually faced with that situation it looks a bit more doubtful.

Lefty Scaevola · 07-27-2003, 12:44 AM

Nah, but I would not use to conquer the world. I would use to get lots of women.

GrayMouser · 07-29-2003, 06:25 AM

A billion people go to bed hungry every night: you can feed them- pick up the Ring.

Tens of millions of people will die from AIDS: you can cure them- pick up the Ring.

All over the Earth people live helplessly crushed by oppression and threatened by war- murdered, enslaved, raped; terror spreads like a plague: you can free the oppressed, establish peace and justice- pick up the Ring.

The Earth is dying from exploitation and pollution, poisons spread in our air and water, our forests and wilderness are disappearing, thousands of species are becoming extinct: you can restore our world to a green Garden again- pick up the Ring.

Lanelf · 07-30-2003, 06:16 PM

I think all we can really say is what we hope we'd do - I hope I'd be able to destroy it, but who knows? I'd probably end up nicking it.

Whoops...
Lanelf.

Sheeana · 07-30-2003, 07:24 PM

I would of course use it to kick start my career as a flamboyant burlesque singer.

Ruinel · 08-03-2003, 11:12 PM

I'm pretty stubborn (if you doubt me, you could go back in time and ask my mom). If I swore to destroy The Ring at the beginning, you could bet it'd be done. Regardless of any visions I would get, or any changes between the swearing and the doing.

legolialis · 08-04-2003, 07:33 PM

I think personally that your asking the wrong question. Because of course no one would know wheather or not they would destroy the ring. They'll never have a chance to find out. I think the real question should be whether they could even survive the quest through the old forest. most people in the world today spend little more than a week "camping", as they call it when in fact all they're doing is moving into an area with tree's because most people use campers or tents. I think people should try spending a week out in the woods with some flint, a little food, and a sword and then try to answer whether they would like to do that for a year while walking leages day in and day out

Sheeana · 08-04-2003, 11:50 PM

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Originally posted by Ruinel
If I swore to destroy The Ring at the beginning, you could bet it'd be done. Regardless of any visions I would get, or any changes between the swearing and the doing.

To which I would say, "Yeah, right." You can't even resist the power of spamming, so how could you resist the ring?

legolialis · 08-05-2003, 02:18 PM

sheeana, who are you talking to?

Sheeana · 08-05-2003, 04:56 PM

Um, the person that I quoted right above me.

Elrond the Wise · 08-21-2003, 07:47 AM

I´d use the ring for my own good

I to not have the strenght to destroy it anyway

Melonethriel · 08-22-2003, 02:21 PM

Well, I think that I would destroy the ring. None of us can wield it, and Sauron would probably send his Nazgul out to kill me. It's been a while since I was hunted by the undead, but it isn't fun! Besides, what better excuse to go to Mordor!

07-26-2003, 08:35 PM	#22
elixir Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: wherever my dreams take me Posts: 356	Nope, I wouldn't have destroyed the Ring. I'm too weak-minded. I would have used it for my own good (as Bilbo did) and then Sauron would have found me, killed me and taken the Ring and destroyed Middle-Earth. But I don't think that anyone had been stupid enough to let me have the Ring __________________ ~ Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you ~ "We've got a wizard and we're not afraid to use him!" HOBBITS NEEDED! Some dwarves as well !!!

07-29-2003, 06:25 AM	#25
GrayMouser Elf Lord Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ilha Formosa Posts: 2,068	A billion people go to bed hungry every night: you can feed them- pick up the Ring. Tens of millions of people will die from AIDS: you can cure them- pick up the Ring. All over the Earth people live helplessly crushed by oppression and threatened by war- murdered, enslaved, raped; terror spreads like a plague: you can free the oppressed, establish peace and justice- pick up the Ring. The Earth is dying from exploitation and pollution, poisons spread in our air and water, our forests and wilderness are disappearing, thousands of species are becoming extinct: you can restore our world to a green Garden again- pick up the Ring. __________________ Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man; But will they come when you do call for them? "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us, but pigs treat us as equals."- Winston Churchill

07-30-2003, 06:16 PM	#26
Lanelf Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Second Drawer Down Posts: 407	I think all we can really say is what we hope we'd do - I hope I'd be able to destroy it, but who knows? I'd probably end up nicking it. Whoops... Lanelf. __________________ Hey, I'm back! resounding silence You didn't even notice I was gone, did you? Well, I'm back now anyway. Artemis Fowl must find Mulch Diggums! You'll never shut down the real Napster

08-22-2003, 02:21 PM	#34
Melonethriel Sapling Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Wherever there is battle, and things to be done. Posts: 8	Well, I think that I would destroy the ring. None of us can wield it, and Sauron would probably send his Nazgul out to kill me. It's been a while since I was hunted by the undead, but it isn't fun! Besides, what better excuse to go to Mordor! __________________ One geek to rule them all One geek to find them One geek to bring them all And on the 'net, chat to them!

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07-26-2003, 09:11 PM	#23
kiwi52291 Hobbit Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 43	I would say yes I would destroy, but if I was actually faced with that situation it looks a bit more doubtful.

07-27-2003, 12:44 AM	#24
Lefty Scaevola AngAdan Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Boerne, Texas Posts: 856	Nah, but I would not use to conquer the world. I would use to get lots of women.

07-30-2003, 07:24 PM	#27
Sheeana Lord of the Pants Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,382	I would of course use it to kick start my career as a flamboyant burlesque singer.

08-03-2003, 11:12 PM	#28
Ruinel Banned Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: I have no idea. Posts: 5,441	I'm pretty stubborn (if you doubt me, you could go back in time and ask my mom). If I swore to destroy The Ring at the beginning, you could bet it'd be done. Regardless of any visions I would get, or any changes between the swearing and the doing.

08-04-2003, 07:33 PM	#29
legolialis Hobbit Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: michigan Posts: 22	I think personally that your asking the wrong question. Because of course no one would know wheather or not they would destroy the ring. They'll never have a chance to find out. I think the real question should be whether they could even survive the quest through the old forest. most people in the world today spend little more than a week "camping", as they call it when in fact all they're doing is moving into an area with tree's because most people use campers or tents. I think people should try spending a week out in the woods with some flint, a little food, and a sword and then try to answer whether they would like to do that for a year while walking leages day in and day out

08-05-2003, 02:18 PM	#31
legolialis Hobbit Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: michigan Posts: 22	sheeana, who are you talking to?

08-05-2003, 04:56 PM	#32
Sheeana Lord of the Pants Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,382	Um, the person that I quoted right above me.

08-21-2003, 07:47 AM	#33
Elrond the Wise Sapling Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Europe Posts: 14	I´d use the ring for my own good I to not have the strenght to destroy it anyway