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Rand crossed a line Etzel Send a noteboard - 06/01/2010 02:36:42 PM
He showed that he is willing to use balefire on a large scale to destroy a whole palace with a Forsaken in it, even if he kills innocent people alongside the Forsaken (and even if all those people were "drones", they are still innocent and not the real targets).

As it's shown later in TGS, Rand starts then to see balefire as a common weapon. He already contemplates to balefire Tam and all the Seanchan. The next possible step would be that Rand considers to balefire whole cities, which don't bow to him or if he just believes that a Forsaken is inside the city. Ultimately such an attitude threatens humankind and the Pattern. Therefore balefire is forbidden and to use it widespread as Rand did an atrocity. Even the Forsaken don't want to use balefire this way anymore.

Besides that, Min and Nynaeve apparently - wrongly - believe that someone who was balefired can never be reborn, which would make its use even more horrific.
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Rand the psycho? - 06/01/2010 02:53:30 AM 1520 Views
I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 04:07:33 AM 926 Views
On Balefire - 06/01/2010 04:43:18 AM 922 Views
Good point - 06/01/2010 05:04:26 AM 949 Views
On the nature of BaleFire - 06/01/2010 03:32:25 PM 849 Views
Re: I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 04:59:12 AM 764 Views
Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:10:33 AM 889 Views
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Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:58:00 AM 763 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 11:46:13 AM 699 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 03:55:01 PM 730 Views
I disagree - 06/01/2010 05:42:44 PM 700 Views
Re: I disagree - 06/01/2010 06:41:08 PM 703 Views
Re: I disagree - 07/01/2010 04:42:40 AM 682 Views
I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 07:30:56 AM 839 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 03:32:24 PM 754 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 09:52:47 PM 797 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 11:19:56 PM 681 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 12:21:50 AM 765 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 12:56:26 AM 712 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 01:46:16 AM 699 Views
I agree with Templar - 09/01/2010 04:36:20 PM 707 Views
Re: I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 07:57:54 AM 800 Views
Rand crossed a line - 06/01/2010 02:36:42 PM 832 Views
Re: Rand crossed a line - 06/01/2010 04:16:12 PM 744 Views
But... - 06/01/2010 04:34:02 PM 850 Views
Re: But... - 06/01/2010 06:14:25 PM 670 Views
Doesn't Balefire remove your thread from the Pattern permanently? - 06/01/2010 02:55:38 PM 702 Views
No, RJ stated balefired people can be reborn. *NM* - 06/01/2010 03:26:00 PM 382 Views
But not in this turning of the Wheel. So they'd miss out on MANY lifetimes. - 06/01/2010 05:46:04 PM 733 Views
What? - 06/01/2010 06:20:56 PM 733 Views
Where did you get that? - 06/01/2010 07:09:38 PM 703 Views
No, balefire just kills you backwards in time. It is not super-death. *NM* - 06/01/2010 09:58:18 PM 417 Views
LOL ... super-death! - 06/01/2010 11:59:31 PM 686 Views
Hah! *NM* - 07/01/2010 12:06:07 AM 337 Views
It makes me think of History of the World Part 1 - 07/01/2010 12:53:20 AM 683 Views
It makes me think of History of the World Part 1 - 07/01/2010 12:53:33 AM 664 Views
Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 06:51:15 PM 827 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 07:16:14 PM 720 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 08:58:40 PM 729 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 10:47:11 PM 744 Views
let me ask the question in a different way - 06/01/2010 11:26:43 PM 737 Views
Re: let me ask the question in a different way - 06/01/2010 11:40:56 PM 731 Views
actually that quote supports my thoughts - 06/01/2010 11:50:40 PM 759 Views
Re: actually that quote supports my thoughts - 07/01/2010 12:10:07 AM 702 Views
Meh. I just think advocating mass-murder is the opposite direction RJ meant for this to take. - 07/01/2010 12:00:44 AM 771 Views
Sigh. What mass murder? - 07/01/2010 12:15:01 AM 648 Views
you are kidding right? - 07/01/2010 12:19:58 AM 737 Views
In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 03:14:32 PM 725 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 03:57:43 PM 738 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 07:13:21 PM 751 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 07:52:24 PM 695 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 08:56:43 PM 753 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:26:01 PM 697 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:30:45 PM 636 Views
Personally I'm kind of sick of Rand being the only person killing FS! - 07/01/2010 09:42:57 PM 816 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:56:02 PM 740 Views
OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 07/01/2010 10:30:19 PM 710 Views
Re: OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 08/01/2010 01:53:25 PM 675 Views
Re: OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 08/01/2010 02:56:41 PM 735 Views
What might work... - 08/01/2010 12:35:17 PM 673 Views
Re: What might work... - 08/01/2010 11:38:09 PM 671 Views
Yes. Anakin Skywalker all over again - 06/01/2010 11:01:02 PM 827 Views
Meh - 06/01/2010 11:30:24 PM 667 Views
The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:33:32 PM 676 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:50:37 PM 753 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:55:03 PM 688 Views
I do have to guiltily say, though, that if Rand had balefired the Seanchan and THEN became good... - 07/01/2010 12:03:20 AM 730 Views
*laughs behind hand* - 07/01/2010 12:05:54 AM 801 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 07/01/2010 12:23:11 AM 666 Views
I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 12:52:25 AM 670 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 01:24:32 AM 742 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 03:33:52 PM 678 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 04:28:18 PM 824 Views
right cause all Generals are so well versed in medical conditions - 07/01/2010 09:44:09 PM 782 Views
Nice way to avoid the argument. - 07/01/2010 10:00:17 PM 735 Views
I'm just done talking in circles. You seem to think that because people - 07/01/2010 11:53:05 PM 767 Views
I concede - 07/01/2010 01:09:11 AM 662 Views
You weren't wrong overall, but there were some serious flaws in your reasoning. - 07/01/2010 02:43:17 AM 765 Views
Tee hee. - 07/01/2010 05:28:52 AM 716 Views
Morals are subjective anyhow, - 07/01/2010 06:23:09 AM 752 Views
Re: Morals are subjective anyhow, - 07/01/2010 03:23:59 PM 673 Views
I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 09/01/2010 12:00:02 AM 750 Views
Re: I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 09/01/2010 05:56:16 PM 913 Views
Re: I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 18/01/2010 01:00:23 PM 1010 Views
Your assertions weaken your overall argument. - 11/01/2010 04:47:10 PM 644 Views
Re: Your assertions weaken your overall argument. - 18/01/2010 12:49:26 PM 693 Views

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