Was Boromir a mistake?

[Aralaithiel]

Whoa! That was some heavy reading! But, I agree with Reyna, Silver-shod, Varda, and others who have posted similar thoughts.
Yes, to quote whoever posted it earlier:

...was put there for a reason.

Forgive me if I did not quote it exactly as it appeared. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]
I love speculation on how the story could have gone. But I also thoroughly love the story as Tolkien wrote it.
Carry on! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]