WOW!!! Frozen wheels and the Black Rock...how they tie together - Winner June 2008

Hope, I would suspect that if Richard, or anyone else, does not age then it is precisely the reason why they cannot be leader.

If they were installed as leader, they would never reach an age were they would be too old. They would always be leader. Unless they took it in turns - but then what? A once-leader goes back to the status of just being led like everyone else?

The constant 'changing of the guard' for Island Leader makes sense to me - the same way changing a President or Prime Minister makes sense. And, also, if there is the duty of 'turning the wheel' for banishment, it's fairly harsh to banish a person who lives forever from the Island!

I agree with Angelo

I wonder if Bens banishment was because he kept people against thier will, Juliette being a prime example. Perhaps Richard helped Locke with the killing of his father because he knew this was wrong but was unable to challenge Ben himself because that would be against the rules?

I like this MSHL. well done!

I was just wondering do you think it is at all possible that the Black Rock was not really shipwrecked on the Island. Maybe at that time the Island was moved to the middle of another occean and there it was..The Black Rock! In a blink of eye poeple on board of the Black Rock found themselves in the middle of an island as opposed to an occean. That's why the ship is in the middle of the jungle! Doeas it make any sense? Sorry if it doesn't...I'm at work at the moment and my brain hurts after looking at these codes....

Maybe your right AC.

The only issue that I disagree with is that Widmore only realized the
potential of the island after attaining the Black Rock Journal/Log. I
think he was just keeping it out of the hands of anyone else with an
interest in the island when he bought it at the auction.Widmore seems
to be connected to the island.They have history.
WIDMORE: That island's mine, Benjamin. It always was. It will be again.
BEN: (Turning) But you'll never find it.
WIDMORE: Then I suppose the hunt is on for both of us.
BEN: I suppose it is. Sleep tight, Charles.

HOpe and AC, perhaps the island wants only leaders that are NOT from the island. The only two we've seen so far are Ben and Locke, neither of which were born on the island.

If, as I have heard suggested, Widmore was once a leader there then he could be a third leader not from the island (I assume)

WTF, I see your point but remember that Widmore bought the journal many years before the time of the O6 rescue. He has always known about the island and has been involved with it in ways we don not yet know about but maybe he did not become aware of it's FULL potential until he got the journal.

By the way, aluminum wouldn't matter...it is non-magnetic but can still conduct electrical and electromagnetic energy

Well done MSHL! You deserved it.

Thank you all very much. It is appreciated.

now if I could just win a debate...

Congratulations

Congrats mon frere!!

This is indeed one of the best theories I've read.

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