Active Users:1087 Time:23/12/2024 05:07:31 PM
Graendal captured these people as part of the Shadows offensive, Operation Chaos Rules darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 09/01/2010 12:00:40 AM
When in fact they are closer to Prisoners of War. So what Rand did was nuke a POW camp because a high ranking General for the enemy was there. How well do you think a legitimate Military Organization would treat a General who did that?


I am not. I am judging the morality. I know they are not combatants. They are civilians, NOT prisoners of war. One might be construed as having some moral obligations to POWs. Your analogy would be more correct if you said concentration camp, rather than POW camp, and that would STILL be a valid target in the situation you describe any way. Just because some government bureaucracy obsessed with image and media double-standards might disapprove of something does not make it immoral. I guess you agree that homosexuality is grounds for dismissal & exclusion then, as the most prominent legitimate Military Organization in the world feels?


they are essentially POWs. Concentration camp is another apt analogy. Your opinion doesn't make something moral to anyone but you. Morality is too subjective/personal to really define... the truly telling part is that Rand found the act immoral, as he later insinuates when he thinks about what he's done.

As for homosexuality in the military, there are military organizations that allow it ... Israel for one,not sure what that has to do with this conversation though.

I'm talking about human rights organizations and the wider military mentality... i.e. a General who did what Rand did would likely be brought up on war crimes charges!
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
Reply to message
Rand the psycho? - 06/01/2010 02:53:30 AM 1520 Views
I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 04:07:33 AM 927 Views
On Balefire - 06/01/2010 04:43:18 AM 923 Views
Good point - 06/01/2010 05:04:26 AM 950 Views
On the nature of BaleFire - 06/01/2010 03:32:25 PM 850 Views
Re: I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 04:59:12 AM 765 Views
Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:10:33 AM 890 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:20:02 AM 790 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:58:00 AM 764 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 11:46:13 AM 700 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 03:55:01 PM 731 Views
I disagree - 06/01/2010 05:42:44 PM 701 Views
Re: I disagree - 06/01/2010 06:41:08 PM 704 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 755 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 09:52:47 PM 798 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 766 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 12:56:26 AM 713 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 01:46:16 AM 700 Views
I agree with Templar - 09/01/2010 04:36:20 PM 708 Views
Re: I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 07:57:54 AM 801 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 745 Views
But... - 06/01/2010 04:34:02 PM 851 Views
Re: But... - 06/01/2010 06:14:25 PM 671 Views
Doesn't Balefire remove your thread from the Pattern permanently? - 06/01/2010 02:55:38 PM 703 Views
No, RJ stated balefired people can be reborn. *NM* - 06/01/2010 03:26:00 PM 383 Views
But not in this turning of the Wheel. So they'd miss out on MANY lifetimes. - 06/01/2010 05:46:04 PM 734 Views
What? - 06/01/2010 06:20:56 PM 734 Views
Where did you get that? - 06/01/2010 07:09:38 PM 704 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 687 Views
Hah! *NM* - 07/01/2010 12:06:07 AM 338 Views
It makes me think of History of the World Part 1 - 07/01/2010 12:53:20 AM 684 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 721 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 08:58:40 PM 730 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 10:47:11 PM 745 Views
let me ask the question in a different way - 06/01/2010 11:26:43 PM 738 Views
Re: let me ask the question in a different way - 06/01/2010 11:40:56 PM 732 Views
actually that quote supports my thoughts - 06/01/2010 11:50:40 PM 760 Views
Re: actually that quote supports my thoughts - 07/01/2010 12:10:07 AM 703 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 649 Views
you are kidding right? - 07/01/2010 12:19:58 AM 738 Views
In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 03:14:32 PM 726 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 03:57:43 PM 739 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 07:13:21 PM 752 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 07:52:24 PM 696 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 08:56:43 PM 754 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:26:01 PM 698 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:30:45 PM 637 Views
Personally I'm kind of sick of Rand being the only person killing FS! - 07/01/2010 09:42:57 PM 817 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:56:02 PM 741 Views
OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 07/01/2010 10:30:19 PM 711 Views
Re: OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 08/01/2010 01:53:25 PM 676 Views
Re: OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 08/01/2010 02:56:41 PM 736 Views
What might work... - 08/01/2010 12:35:17 PM 674 Views
Re: What might work... - 08/01/2010 11:38:09 PM 672 Views
Yes. Anakin Skywalker all over again - 06/01/2010 11:01:02 PM 828 Views
Meh - 06/01/2010 11:30:24 PM 668 Views
The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:33:32 PM 677 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:50:37 PM 754 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:55:03 PM 689 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 731 Views
*laughs behind hand* - 07/01/2010 12:05:54 AM 802 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 07/01/2010 12:23:11 AM 667 Views
I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 12:52:25 AM 671 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 01:24:32 AM 743 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 03:33:52 PM 679 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 04:28:18 PM 825 Views
right cause all Generals are so well versed in medical conditions - 07/01/2010 09:44:09 PM 783 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 768 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 766 Views
Tee hee. - 07/01/2010 05:28:52 AM 717 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 674 Views
I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 09/01/2010 12:00:02 AM 751 Views
Re: I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 09/01/2010 05:56:16 PM 914 Views
Re: I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 18/01/2010 01:00:23 PM 1011 Views
Your assertions weaken your overall argument. - 11/01/2010 04:47:10 PM 645 Views
Re: Your assertions weaken your overall argument. - 18/01/2010 12:49:26 PM 694 Views
You are treating Graendal's "pets" as though they were enemy combatants - 07/01/2010 03:40:03 PM 762 Views
Like I give a damn what a group of professional killers would do. - 08/01/2010 11:39:11 PM 664 Views
Graendal captured these people as part of the Shadows offensive, Operation Chaos Rules - 09/01/2010 12:00:40 AM 964 Views

Reply to Message