Numenorean Likenesses

[Glirdan]

Now, I wil admit that I haven't done any reasearch to see if there's a thread similar to this ( ) so if there is, please feel free to add any link and what not. Also, If this thread shouldn't be hear, please be my guest and move it.

As I was watching television a little while ago, a sudden thought burst into my mind: are we going to end up like the Numeanoeran's? But before you answer, I want you to give what I'm about to say some thought.

The Numen's (for short), at the end of their ruling, became greedy and violent. All of this was influenced by the works of Sauron. Can we base our lives today on that simple little fact? It is human nature to be greedy, and, as we are told (or some of us believe) the war in Iraq was started by Bush over oil (that is a general thought amongst many people I know). Is it possible that, because of this and other factors that can arise as well as the human nature of greed, is it possible that we ourselves would end up destroying the earth we live in over that one little word? We've already destroyed Iraq over it (and other reasons as well), will we end up doing this to our world (by we, I mean mankind in entirety)?