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Re: So, you're not kidding. Fanatic-Templar Send a noteboard - 19/05/2010 12:41:09 AM
Stop being hysterical and debate like an adult.


There is no debate going on here. I am apparently instructing you on things you should already know, that I know you know, and yet you claim ignorance of. I have no idea what it is you're doing, but debate is not an appropriate term for it.

The rebellion against Elaida was not due to the lie, it was merely a falsehood Siuan later created and expanded upon to further her own cause to bring down her rival, and to gain the dubious support of the rebel Hall. You've encapsulated the entire White Tower split under this, which is blatantly untrue. Do you think you're dealing with unintelligent people, or do you seriously think I'm less aware of the series than you are?


Nobody ever claimed it was. I know strawmen are easier to vanquish, but how about sticking to actual relevant topics? I noted that the White Tower division was about

politicking for control of either Halls, useless hierarchical crap like Shemerin's demotion, the outrage over stuff like Elaida disbanding the Blue Ajah


and

Aes Sedai cared more about their own squabbling than the end of the world.


The clever reader will notice that this is not at all what you dishonestly accuse me of implying.

We're talking about the present. You're going back to the earlier books and referring to those as part of your evidence of 'squabbling'. The split occured in book 4, and the attack on the Black Tower a few books later. The later books show the opinion of the Red Ajah on this - they find the lie scandalous but they're more concerned with the Black Tower (not invasion - but bonding) and the Dragon Reborn. Pevara and Tsutama openly speak about this.


No we're not talking about the present. We're talking, at latest, of the contents of The Gathering Storm, as I corrected two posts ago. As for the Black Tower, I've already addressed this. The entire operation was handled in secret. Pevara recounts in Remember the Old Saying how she had to search for tiny clues to find Red Sisters to involve in the operation. This is not 'the Red Ajah' having greater priorities, it is Tsutama Rath having greater priorities. And good for her. I don't expect every Aes Sedai in the Tower to be an idiot.

I don't know why you've gone off on such a childish tangent about everything. You mentioned that it's about time the Reds mentioned the lie i.e. now that the Tower is reunified. I mentioned that the Reds are much more worried about other events that are taking place. Bringing up what happened six books ago makes no sense, and acting like I'm unfamiliar with the plot is extremely insulting.


Quit your whining and actually read my posts! Do you remember this?

EDIT: Okay, on further thought, I have come to a solution in which you didn't fail to notice or understand a significant portion of the series (which made no sense to me anyway, given that I know that you should be suitably aware of this), is it possible that you, like Cannoli was, are under the assumption that I expect something to happen about this in upcoming books? Because I obviously don't. The perfect timing for this to be addressed was in The Gathering Storm, and I was expressing frustration and incredulity that it was never brought up then, as displayed by my use of past tenses and reference to Elaida (who is now in Seanchan hands).


I make it explicitly cleat that the time to bring it up was The Gathering Storm and that it would not make sense for it to be brought up now. And despite this, you just ridiculously claimed that I expect this to be brought up "now that the Tower is reunified", which is the exact opposite of what I claimed.

And of course it's insulting to treat you like you're unfamiliar with the plot. But when you act like you're unfamiliar with the plot, how am I to treat you? I brought up the only to possibilities I could think of in that post I quoted: either you're ignorant of a core part of the series' plot, or you mistakenly believe that I expect this to happen in the future. I actually expected this to be a simple misunderstanding, but then in response to my query you claim that "[You're] also not deluded about the meaning of [my] post." and continue arguing like you're unfamiliar with the plot? What am I to conclude? How was to guess you'd simply [b]not bothered to read my post[/b] before ranting senselessly?

Speaking of insulting, in the future, please take a second to read the posts you are replying to.
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Character discussion 2 : Siuan Sanche and Leane Sharif Sidious - 09/05/2010 06:01:33 PM 4956 Views
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Oh, I never expected Egwene to do something about this. Fanatic-Templar - 12/05/2010 06:12:35 AM 735 Views
Well she's off forging a relationship with the Asha'man - you know, useful stuff? *NM* Cannoli - 12/05/2010 06:39:04 AM 508 Views
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Unless of course there is truth to it darius_sedai - 17/05/2010 01:50:27 PM 812 Views
There is none. Fanatic-Templar - 17/05/2010 07:09:59 PM 808 Views
Uhhh? fionwe1987 - 17/05/2010 08:45:15 PM 723 Views
... Fanatic-Templar - 17/05/2010 11:08:05 PM 851 Views
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Seriously, are you kidding? [EDIT] Fanatic-Templar - 18/05/2010 06:06:01 AM 775 Views
*sigh* Sidious - 18/05/2010 12:30:43 PM 849 Views
So, you're not kidding. Fanatic-Templar - 18/05/2010 09:12:27 PM 756 Views
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WTF? fionwe1987 - 20/05/2010 05:25:42 PM 761 Views
F-T is right BlackAdder - 19/05/2010 12:32:33 AM 868 Views
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Re: There is no rewriting... Fanatic-Templar - 18/05/2010 09:21:31 PM 786 Views
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Of course..., I'll provide it as soon as you prove you're not a Nazi serial child rapist. Fanatic-Templar - 18/05/2010 10:06:23 PM 674 Views
why so pissy? darius_sedai - 19/05/2010 03:34:22 PM 813 Views
Sorry. Fanatic-Templar - 20/05/2010 04:16:43 AM 793 Views
Re: Sorry. Sidious - 20/05/2010 08:19:13 AM 659 Views
Re: Sorry. Fanatic-Templar - 20/05/2010 08:33:54 AM 833 Views
Re: Sorry. Sidious - 20/05/2010 01:26:47 PM 675 Views
Interesting. Fanatic-Templar - 20/05/2010 07:34:45 PM 751 Views
Re: Interesting. Sidious - 21/05/2010 05:07:07 AM 762 Views
Re: Interesting. Fanatic-Templar - 21/05/2010 06:28:05 AM 697 Views
LOL Sidious - 21/05/2010 02:50:29 PM 724 Views
... Fanatic-Templar - 21/05/2010 08:23:08 PM 908 Views
No worries! I was just caught off guard by your response... sorry for your stress! *NM* darius_sedai - 20/05/2010 10:04:35 PM 552 Views
There may be one explanation... fionwe1987 - 13/05/2010 10:04:46 PM 743 Views
That doesn't make sense. Fanatic-Templar - 13/05/2010 10:54:53 PM 859 Views
it was about more than just male channelers darius_sedai - 18/05/2010 09:50:14 PM 835 Views
Yes, that's true. Fanatic-Templar - 18/05/2010 10:07:22 PM 867 Views
I'm also certain the majority of the Red had no clue/involvement darius_sedai - 20/05/2010 10:24:54 PM 744 Views
That's also true. Fanatic-Templar - 20/05/2010 10:29:11 PM 749 Views
Okay I'm leaving you alone ... you clearly don't want to continue darius_sedai - 20/05/2010 10:31:01 PM 760 Views
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You don't have to intimidate people to manipulate them. BlackAdder - 19/05/2010 12:46:02 AM 618 Views
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