[Overtaxed]

Even an adequate patriot ought to be able to see that evil cannot ever be used to conquer evil, only replace it.

I believe that at the Council of Elrond, Boromir just wasn't convinced the ring was evil. Isildur died before it could corrupt him, Boromir never actually saw what it did to Smeagol, Bilbo and Frodo had the ring for years and they looked all right. Only when it tried to corrupt him, did he believe.

[Penny1]

That's a really good point, OT. I hadn't thought about the possibility that Boromir might have understood finally, because of experiencing the corruption of the ring first-hand.

I always feel so sorry for Boromir...I am glad that Tolkien gave him a heroic ending, even if he did fail in resisting the ring.