Why where the Teleri Ships Irreplaceable?

[Kuruharan]

What mattered is that he dared to do what he thought was the course of action to meet his end. His purpouse was such that anything came in second to his goal.
The deeds were bad, the concept of following your goals is not.

While I agree with the spirit of that statement, I have to say that there are some goals that should not be followed through to completion.

Like, for instance, defying the resident divine beings, swearing an oath calling down the Everlasting Dark if you fail to accomplish your goal (a bit of self-doubt that you can accomplish all your goals can be a healthy thing), and then when you are at death's door, knowing that your cause will fail, still urging your followers to strive for a goal that can't be accomplished.

Those sorts of goals probably ought not to be the driving object of one's life.

In other words, some ends are not worth it.

[ June 14, 2002: Message edited by: Kuruharan ]