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One can only reiterate what all know but few will acknowledge. Animals live up to the maximum potential they have.
Man is an animal.
Man lives up to the maximum potential he has.
And that's the really scary part..!!!
I think Gandalf should have shown up and just blown all 3 into the pit. Sam was, of course, just 'collateral damage' getting rid of the two failed ring-bearers.
Gwaihir, who didn't bring the ring to Mt. Doom to begin with, would fly Gandalf in at the last minute of course. (Gwaihir was hoping for a Sam-snack, but Gandalf let loose too soon, before he got past Sam watching the wrestling match.)
Yes, it's true... all those posts you quoted were a queue ....and you even missed a few... of that queue....to which I said you.....should bid 'adieu'. 😉