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Originally Posted by Flyndaran
The fact that a couple of heroes could resist the unresistable means very little.
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The problem is that
everyone who wsa exposed to it resisted it longer, and more, than Smeagol did, as far as know. Some people were significantly affected immediately, but other than Smeagol, nobody appears to have immediately moved to 'murderer' level on a single
momentary exposure.
Now, I grant that if you were in a watering hole full of thieves and low-life, a glimpse of the Ring might well set off violence rapidly, but even then there would still be choice.
The fact that Smeagol was affected so extremely, and so
quickly, implies that there was already a lot of corruption there before he ever saw the Ring. Sure, the RIng would eventually make a murderer of anyone, but in under 60 seconds?!