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Originally Posted by Lauren [is Lost]
No, it appears that THAT wasn't selfish...until he let Alex sit there and be told that "she means nothing", and then let her get shot by Keamy. Nice one, Ben. No 'father of the year' awards for you. As soon as he knew Alex was being held hostage, he should have been out there like a shot (excuse the pun). Keamy shouldn't have even had to bring out the gun. What WAS he thinking? Not about saving his daughter's life, oh no, but about saving his own ass. Selfish bugger!
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Ben was only saying that to create an advange for all of them - he clearly loves Alex..don't blame him for trying to buy thinking time. If he ran out there then Keamy would've taken him and killed Alex anyway!..Not to mention everyone else on that island. I don't think you'd want Sawyer dead? Ben is the only think standing in the way of the Losties and death.
I'm not sure what makes you think Keamy would have killed Alex and everyone else had Ben come out?
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Interesting point. Could well be so. If we're with Locke and his 'everything happens for a reason' malarkey, the island could well be protecting Sawyer (at least for the time being).
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Yeah, could well be. I guess the likes of Claire and Sawyer still have work to do, even though it
may be short work.
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Hmm...unless of course the island is protecting her too?
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True.
Silly Island
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I must admit, it was a great moment of the show!
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You can say that again!
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Of course, but doesn't he always? Benjamin Linus is a compulsive liar, end of story 
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I don't think that's true at all. So much of what he says IS true..it's just that we don't find out til later, or we don't understand what he means at the time. I stand by my belief that Ben was telling the truth when he said he doesn't know what Smokey is..why would he say what he said about letting Jacob tell Locke, if he had lied?