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Not at all redhand Send a noteboard - 02/06/2010 03:52:31 PM
I mean, women in their 40's in the U.S. are tested every year for breast cancer, and were they terrified of the testing until they die? What about men tested for color cancer, prostate cancer ...?

The generic factor is also true for these deseases. If a woman has a family history of breast cancer, would she live in terror every year just before the breast cancer screening?

I think you are overplaying the fear factor. When breast cancer screening just started, maybe there was this fear. But after 20 years, it becomes part of life, and people adapt. It is considered part of Seancean life. Most people will just say "I walk in the light," and do not believe their relatives are damane. If it were ture, they just say "oh, I was fooled." Like in our world, we all of sudden find out a nice person we thought we knew was actually a pedophile. Do we live in constant terror that all our firends were really all pedophiles, just undiscovered?

If you think about it, compare this to Randland, where they should be constant terrified about Male channelers came up, all of a sudden, AND there is no testing whatsoever.
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Seanchan girls. Do they live in terror until 25? - 02/06/2010 12:32:14 AM 1701 Views
A few details to consider - 02/06/2010 01:11:12 AM 1058 Views
Re: A few details to consider - 02/06/2010 02:31:08 AM 1048 Views
Wasn't talking about breeding damane - 03/06/2010 03:32:44 AM 1044 Views
Re: Wasn't talking about breeding damane - 04/06/2010 07:30:55 PM 914 Views
Well, it took centuries for most people to understand breeding/genetics - 02/06/2010 08:57:43 PM 902 Views
Nobody knows about Sul'dam because it takes them extra long to learn. - 03/06/2010 07:58:41 AM 1203 Views
Re: A few details to consider - 04/06/2010 07:33:39 AM 916 Views
I think it's seen as something that happens to other people. - 02/06/2010 02:20:09 AM 938 Views
I think they retest only the sul'dam - 02/06/2010 04:13:55 AM 1095 Views
Re: I think they retest only the sul'dam - 04/06/2010 07:55:56 PM 897 Views
Point on the testing - 08/06/2010 02:15:26 AM 855 Views
Re: Point on the testing - 08/06/2010 02:46:06 PM 922 Views
Remember, Seancean have no idea channeling can be "learned" - 02/06/2010 07:04:11 AM 1005 Views
This is how Damane and Sul'Dam are determined, straight from tGH - 03/06/2010 08:14:03 AM 1611 Views
That doesn't make sense. Are you sure they don't put the BRACELET on the girls, not the collar? - 04/06/2010 01:35:08 AM 880 Views
I am absolutely sure. Quote from book. - 04/06/2010 03:09:08 AM 957 Views
Re: I am absolutely sure. Quote from book. - 04/06/2010 11:54:25 AM 784 Views
Thanks Darius *NM* - 08/06/2010 01:48:28 AM 483 Views
Toun, though too young can be collared - 06/06/2010 03:29:29 AM 805 Views
I don't think Tuon will ever Channel - 06/06/2010 03:39:16 AM 965 Views
Everything points to a change in policy - 06/06/2010 04:04:33 AM 848 Views
Re: Everything points to a change in policy - 06/06/2010 04:18:21 AM 751 Views
Re: I don't think Tuon will ever Channel - 06/06/2010 05:07:40 AM 817 Views
Not at all - 02/06/2010 03:52:31 PM 807 Views
Re: Are the new damane actually tortured? - 02/06/2010 06:56:10 PM 977 Views
I think "tortured" is relative... - 03/06/2010 08:22:37 AM 917 Views
As with most things in Jordan's universe, I don't think it was thought through very seriously. - 03/06/2010 08:05:04 PM 839 Views
Huh? - 03/06/2010 08:44:35 PM 954 Views
Sure - 03/06/2010 09:00:40 PM 965 Views
Bah... - 03/06/2010 09:51:09 PM 891 Views
Jordan definitely made mistakes with the Ajahs. In particular, the Black Ajah ones who fled. - 03/06/2010 10:56:39 PM 894 Views
oh come now - 04/06/2010 12:58:44 AM 852 Views
Re: Sure - 04/06/2010 04:55:23 AM 996 Views
I don't know if that's totally true - 04/06/2010 12:09:29 PM 844 Views
Maybe you don't read that much serious literature? I just don't see why you are arguing this. - 04/06/2010 03:47:50 PM 826 Views
I actually don't read much fiction at all to be honest - 04/06/2010 04:00:03 PM 855 Views
You're right about the fact that I have mostly contempt for Jordan. - 04/06/2010 05:42:49 PM 842 Views
meh. I prefer non-fiction most of the time - 06/06/2010 03:44:38 AM 879 Views
I have read lots of fiction - 06/06/2010 03:57:07 AM 917 Views
Meh - 04/06/2010 05:03:41 PM 875 Views
LOL ... I hear ya on that - 06/06/2010 03:49:48 AM 896 Views
We've seen so little of the old tongue how can you tell? - 06/06/2010 03:33:46 AM 756 Views
This raises another question - 06/06/2010 04:13:25 AM 788 Views
Re: This raises another question - 06/06/2010 04:53:42 AM 883 Views

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