Heh, seems like a popular compliment.
It's a fact, not a compliment I think he did a bad job overall.
When Graendal fought half the White Tower at TG I almost threw the book into the fire.
That is true. There are many aspects to consider. It may have been more of a social club for some of the AS. We have seen non-AS darkfriends who made the Oaths frivolously and then saw that it did indeed bind them in ways they didn't expect. Secondly, there were evil women just like in any culture and the BA allowed them to perform evil deeds like torture, murder and compulsion. Finally, many of them were threatened or coerced to turn or die.
Fan of Lanfear