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I wonder what if Egwene happen to be a child kidnapped at Flame and sent to WT redhand Send a noteboard - 31/10/2009 06:30:34 PM
but for me personally, and I think for a lot of people, those points are not sufficient to justify the practice. I do agree that it would be unreasonable to expect the Seanchan to immediately give up the practice, considering your points but on the other hand it would be equally unreasonable to expect the Aes Sedai (or Aiel, or Seafolk) to be okay with them doing it. And it certainly is something that makes it harder to cheer for them - it's entirely intentional, of course, that RJ and now Sanderson keep harping on how solid rulers the Seanchans are, how they are rather good rulers for the average citizen, at the cost of the horrible treatment of one small group of citizens. A good way of keeping them grey and keeping them from being BFFs with the main cast, I'd say - the moment Tuon gives up that stance, if she ever does, she and her whole people become much less interesting from a plot tension point of view.


All the angoy Egwene felt at the hands of Seanchan could be replaced by her angoy at trying to run away from WT, getting caught and beaten by MoN, being sent to a farm for hard labor, being shielded or forkrooted to control her channeling, ...

Being a perfect damane will be replaced by being a prefect AS. The training method of Seanchan is not much different from the trainning method of the WT. Both are brainwashed to believe they are doing the greater good, no matter what the outsiders say to them.
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Except the Seanchan are not spoiled chidlren who mistake "wishful thinking" for a plan - 31/10/2009 04:48:45 AM 688 Views
Or he could have used the Choedan Kal - 31/10/2009 12:21:42 PM 646 Views
What Choedan Kal? *NM* - 31/10/2009 10:15:24 PM 249 Views
The big shiney ball thing he destroyed at the end of the book - 01/11/2009 07:50:15 PM 592 Views
Destroyed. My point exactly. *NM* - 06/11/2009 04:40:16 AM 235 Views
For what? - 31/10/2009 12:03:57 AM 642 Views
I dont think it's compulsion. - 31/10/2009 12:16:00 AM 582 Views
Actually, I think it's the other way around. - 31/10/2009 12:21:49 AM 557 Views
He did the same thing with Cady - 31/10/2009 12:25:51 AM 568 Views
Personally, I thought he was using the TP to do those things. - 04/11/2009 07:37:31 PM 525 Views
It wasn't Compulsion...Sanderson just sort of messed up IMO - 04/11/2009 11:38:38 PM 470 Views
No - 31/10/2009 12:06:13 AM 596 Views
Why not Highlords in Tear? - 31/10/2009 02:10:07 AM 678 Views
You dont really get it. - 31/10/2009 12:23:35 PM 528 Views
That is just POV trap - 31/10/2009 04:20:07 PM 522 Views
Flawed Argument - 31/10/2009 08:54:05 PM 514 Views
Not at all. Their position is perfectly justified by their experiences. - 31/10/2009 04:29:25 AM 621 Views
The a'dam and leashing of channelers does not change the fact that the OP can be misued... - 31/10/2009 09:17:20 AM 616 Views
Which is why people should NOT be MORE angered toward Seanchan than toward WT. - 31/10/2009 06:22:13 PM 509 Views
That's complete hogwash. - 31/10/2009 10:23:50 PM 557 Views
Think it through - 31/10/2009 10:25:08 PM 642 Views
I have... - 31/10/2009 11:05:20 PM 611 Views
Re: I have... - 01/11/2009 02:27:20 AM 775 Views
Well that was rather silly. - 31/10/2009 12:27:03 PM 486 Views
Several valid points... - 31/10/2009 05:17:09 PM 564 Views
I wonder what if Egwene happen to be a child kidnapped at Flame and sent to WT - 31/10/2009 06:30:34 PM 570 Views
Your point has some validity for the actual Seanchan damane. - 31/10/2009 06:43:40 PM 593 Views
The sul'dam should be destroyed - 31/10/2009 05:14:06 AM 529 Views
The people themselves shouldn't be. - 31/10/2009 05:26:08 AM 511 Views
^ *NM* - 31/10/2009 05:33:04 AM 228 Views
Only the Empress can remove the custom - 31/10/2009 05:48:09 AM 532 Views
Due to their conditioning. - 31/10/2009 06:03:32 AM 544 Views
Random - 31/10/2009 10:26:34 AM 524 Views
Agreed - 31/10/2009 02:52:33 PM 514 Views
Yes. - 04/11/2009 06:15:08 PM 463 Views

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