Assess the strength of the following analogy (comparing ID cards with Lord of the Rings):?

The analogy is from today's Telegraph (commentary from Philip Johnson). He says that the Conservatives, if elected, are committed to scrapping the ID card scheme but would they really do so once in office? "They will be like Frodo in 'The Lord of the Rings' trying to get rid of the One Ring, so in thrall to its power that it becomes impossible to part with it."





I've never read The Lord of the Rings. Is this a good analogy?

Assess the strength of the following analogy (comparing ID cards with Lord of the Rings):?
not really no.


because the Id scheme is not the ring of power... it will not be the basis on which they will be elected to gvt. the ring of power is more likely to be foreign affairs... and yes, once they have the 'ring' though they must get rid of it, they will find it too hard.


really it depends on who is leading... at the moment it is david cameron... but if things go seriously **** up globally, i bet my bottom dollar that suddenly ken clarke will appear on the scene winston churchill style. he has all the failed politician credentials, as well as a good nonce.
Reply:The character I would choose would be Borimir. Frodo found it impossible to part with the ring because he had born it for so long, it's hold on him was very intimate and personal. Boromir had agreed at the council of Elrond that the ring needed to be destroyed, and had committed himself to help with it's destruction, but the thought of using it as a tool to wield power grew and grew, until he started rationalising how it would be the proper thing to use it, with discretion and just on a temporary basis, to combat the powers of evil, then of course destroy it once Osam , sorry, Sauron, had been defeated!
Reply:well, im too busy wasting time answering qs to read lord of the rings.


But i would still rather take my chances with those who promise to scrap the evil orwellian monster than those who openly force it upon us.
Reply:At the end of the Lord of the Rings, Frodo, on the edge of the pit in Mount Doom decides he isn't going to destroy the ring, but use its power to conquer the world. Fortunately, Gollum takes it from him and falls into the pit. There is no Gollum to take it away from the Conservatives and accidently destroy it!





I like the analogy.





And you really should read what has been designated as the number one piece of literature of the 20th century. By a British Author, too!
Reply:Read it...or at least watch the DVDs. Cracking movie......not a bad analogy either.





xxB
Reply:A very good analogy.


Problem is that B-liar has got the "ring" and has hidden it from Gordon Brown.


How will the story end.