Great post Flanuse.... and better observation of what Locke's character breaks down to. It's funny how Locke tells James (can't really call him sawyer anymore) that he's on his own journey now, but if you ask me, he has been influenced onto this journey by Ben and Others the entire time.

Ben is the greatest of cons, and like he told Locke, "don't worry, we've done this before" and I believe that it's not just the baby taking, but all of it. I wouldn't be suprised if the whole dharma initiatinve is a setup by ben, and Jacob, to use people with high morals and /or a sense of duty to 'save the world" to build the tools that Ben and co. use to do what they will with the world.

I believe Ben sees the whole crew of 815 as tools, to be used, sharpened, broken, hammered and screwed as he sees fit.

And I love him for it.