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Originally Posted by Him
I have to say I think 1 and 2 are mixed up.
Failing to push the button evidently allowed the island to be detected for a brief few moments, as we saw the polar station reacting to an 'anomaly' as soon as the the button wasn't pressed. Jack was only able to make that call because of that incident, as no doubt the island would have stayed hidden otherwise.
As far as I can tell, Jack's call only hastened the freighties' arrival, and presumably didn't have any effect on their objectives.
In fact, disabling the radio tower's message might have been the actual mistake at that point, rather than making the call.
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Fair perspective, but I just feel that Jack's actions were more counter productive to keeping the island safe. Sure, Locke crippled one of the fail-safe's, but Jack nullified the other two. He also seemed to be in sounder mind than a Locke who's faith was crippled at the time of letting the timer run down.
I think that a mistake from a test of faith is usually more forgiveable than a mistake resulting from a test of glaring wanring signs.