I think it's safe to say we've seen the DO make a few mistakes (the biggest of which will probably prove to be creating Padan Fain. )
There was no way for the DO to foresee Fain being "corrupted" (

Law of Unintended Consequences. There was no way to foresee it, no, but had the DO not done what he did it wouldn't have been possible, and in the end it looks like it may prove the Shadow's undoing.
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Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!

LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Why is there a loophole in the Dark Oaths?
29/09/2010 08:35:55 AM
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Re: Why is there a loophole in the Dark Oaths?
29/09/2010 11:52:10 AM
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As far as we know, they're just regular Oath Rod oaths. There's no surveillance
29/09/2010 09:50:16 PM
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It's poetic. *NM*
29/09/2010 11:59:05 AM
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agreed. "The hour of my death" sounds more threatening and foreboding. *NM*
29/09/2010 09:33:38 PM
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The Forsaken that created the Oaths in the first place must have messed up
29/09/2010 03:14:30 PM
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Most likely
29/09/2010 05:43:38 PM
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Although given how we know Oaths work, they wouldn't have to die.
29/09/2010 09:55:22 PM
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It's really, really stupid
29/09/2010 09:58:51 PM
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As with many previous similar debates regarding the Shadow
29/09/2010 10:18:03 PM
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Hah, Either they're SO SMART we just don't realize it... or they're idiots
01/10/2010 10:11:42 PM
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Jordan needed it this way to be able to write the deeply moving Verin confession scene
29/09/2010 10:39:22 PM
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it's not so much that they are dumb... they just have no common sense!
30/09/2010 05:57:03 PM
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It's less stupid than you think
29/09/2010 11:51:34 PM
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With the Black Ajah, you either agree to join, or you're murdered
01/10/2010 10:16:41 PM
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Translation error
30/09/2010 01:02:06 AM
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This would be awesome if true. Unfortunately, I don't think it is
01/10/2010 10:20:20 PM
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Re: Why is there a loophole in the Dark Oaths?
30/09/2010 04:20:05 PM
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Because no one is perfect.
01/10/2010 03:06:14 AM
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Padan Fain wasn't a mistake.
01/10/2010 03:56:28 AM
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Sure he was.
01/10/2010 05:22:09 AM
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Re: Sure he was.
01/10/2010 06:39:26 AM
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Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
01/10/2010 07:13:03 AM
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I always hate that saying..ignorance is bliss! So it should be a valid excuse!
01/10/2010 07:36:52 AM
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