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Not to mention it's not like any of these have been without repercussion! darius_sedai Send a noteboard - 25/10/2010 04:50:39 PM

1: Elaida - kidnapping of King Mattin Stepaneos
2: Alanna - bonding Rand against his will (nothing short of rape, known by lots of Aes Sedai)
3: Elaida - severely torturing a novice (Egwene) in front of a lot of Aes Sedai.
4: Elaida - kidnapping Rand
5: Aes Sedai kidnapping gang - severe torture of a prisoner (Rand)


Wow, if these are atrocities to you, then I'd hate to think what category you put the Holocaust in.


Show me where an AS has murdered people on a whim and gotten away with it... but in the mean time your examples are very weak and the AS in question didn't get off half so easily as Carridin (who never so much as broke a sweat for his actions).

1. Kidnapping a King was easy to get away with since she could claim she was saving him from Rand, and he's being treated quite well in the Tower. A Stupid and pointless act from Elaida, but hardly an atrocity.

2. How many times has she been told she would be held accountable at some point? At the very least her standing has been compromised with every other Sister who knows what she did. But since Rand seems to accept it, and has been using her services they've left it alone. Alanna is ostracized by both groups of AS she is with for her actions (see quote below)

3. Elaida was put on trial by the Hall for those actions and was formally censured for it.

4. How long did Alviarin manage to keep Elaida cowed over this? Elaida followed the purpose of the Red Ajah here. She ordered the capture of a man who can Channel and had him brought to TV. Stupid since he is also the DR, but also perfectly within the realm of what AS do ... how does this qualify as an atrocity? Stupidity I'll grant you.

5. No AS has had any indication of that and been able to affect it (those that know have no way of punishing them more than what the WO are doing to them), not to mention even those that did participate who were not DF (or Erian's special circumstances) refused to take part more than once. Also, note Shalon's comment about the AS who participated ... they are treated by the others as though they had committed a crime:

WH
To Loose the Sun

Four of them, Nesune and Erian, Beldeine and Elza, rode in a cluster not far behind her, though they were not really together, only occupying the same space. They did not talk among themselves, or look at one another. They did not seem to like one another very much. In her mind, Shalon had them in the same boat with Sarene. The Aes Sedai pretended that they were all one under Cadsuane, yet that was plainly untrue. Merise, Corele, Kumira and Daigian crewed another boat, commanded by Cadsuane. Sometimes Alanna seemed in one boat, sometimes the other, while Verin appeared to be in some way of Cadsuane's boat but not in it. Swimming alongside, perhaps, with Cadsuane holding her hand. If that was not strange enough, there was the matter of deference.

Oddly, it seemed that Aes Sedai valued strength in the Power above experience or skill. By their own hierarchy, some in Nesune's boat were in a position to expect deference from some in Cadsuane's, but although those in Cadsuane's boat who should defer did so, they did so as though to a superior who had committed a grievous crime known to all. By that hierarchy, Nesune stood higher than any save Cadsuane and Merise, yet she faced Daigian, who stood at the very bottom, as if willfully defiant over committing that crime, and so did the others in her boat.


Try again to show us where AS get away with murder...
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The Children of the Light and the White Tower - 20/10/2010 08:32:10 PM 2302 Views
Re: The Children of the Light and the White Tower - 20/10/2010 08:58:12 PM 952 Views
The one known rapist was, by his own admission, committing a crime against their standards. - 20/10/2010 09:05:55 PM 1078 Views
Re: The one known rapist was, by his own admission, committing a crime against their standards. - 21/10/2010 12:15:48 AM 996 Views
Huh? ... what !! ... are you mad? - 21/10/2010 05:05:16 PM 910 Views
Did you forget the very first PoV Darkfriend in the series? - 23/10/2010 03:27:25 PM 896 Views
Difference being the whitecloaks who were ordered to do it were not DFs. All the AS evil deeds - 23/10/2010 07:55:23 PM 932 Views
So similar scenes in the Cairhienin civil war were all the work of Darkfriends? - 25/10/2010 02:25:57 AM 873 Views
Please provide an example of a DF AS committing an atrocity and not being punished by the Tower - 25/10/2010 03:34:46 AM 815 Views
Just one? Here's a list from the top of my head in 60 secs:.. - 25/10/2010 09:28:10 AM 879 Views
Re: Just one? Here's a list from the top of my head in 60 secs:.. - 25/10/2010 04:14:05 PM 1004 Views
Not to mention it's not like any of these have been without repercussion! - 25/10/2010 04:50:39 PM 729 Views
Strawman argument, Sid. - 27/10/2010 11:35:40 AM 830 Views
To echo Darius... - 23/10/2010 08:34:00 PM 862 Views
Re: To echo Darius... - 25/10/2010 10:03:14 AM 794 Views
Go look up the definition of the word atrocity - 25/10/2010 04:53:55 PM 829 Views
Maybe you should have done that yourself: "behaviour or an action that is wicked or ruthless" - 27/10/2010 11:11:30 AM 785 Views
the fact that you can't differentiate between the extermination of an entire village - 27/10/2010 08:30:12 PM 822 Views
READ; I *did* differentiate between them. It doesn't change the fact all are atrocious deeds - 28/10/2010 09:00:56 AM 915 Views
- 28/10/2010 05:22:18 PM 760 Views
You asked for atrocities and you got them. Now you just don't know what to do with them. - 28/10/2010 06:49:16 PM 859 Views
dude, you gave us a list of petty crimes and compared it to mass murder - 28/10/2010 06:59:33 PM 819 Views
Complete the thought... - 28/10/2010 07:11:37 PM 731 Views
Rape, murder, starting wars and doing noting about them, kidnap / severe torture of prisoners... *NM* - 28/10/2010 07:51:33 PM 475 Views
What wars did they start? - 28/10/2010 08:56:46 PM 737 Views
You should be an Aes Sedai; the way you can twist truth would scare Siuan. - 28/10/2010 09:07:24 PM 782 Views
Wow... I'm sooo Insulted! - 28/10/2010 09:23:41 PM 792 Views
- 28/10/2010 07:07:57 PM 864 Views
Take your own advice, please - 28/10/2010 07:30:51 PM 782 Views
Re: Take your own advice, please - 28/10/2010 07:44:59 PM 727 Views
Their own organisation calls it rape. Simple. - 28/10/2010 08:26:49 PM 812 Views
Re: Take your own advice, please - 28/10/2010 09:18:17 PM 924 Views
- 21/10/2010 01:47:19 AM 962 Views
Not so sure about that - 21/10/2010 02:29:02 AM 850 Views
Re: Not so sure about that - 21/10/2010 03:57:34 AM 882 Views
the city is closed to WC - 21/10/2010 04:01:45 AM 935 Views
Re: the city is closed to WC - 21/10/2010 04:55:45 AM 765 Views
But that is irrelevant. Aes Sedai can also go to Amadicia in disguise. *NM* - 21/10/2010 05:35:18 AM 421 Views
But they aren't in disguise - 21/10/2010 08:31:38 AM 796 Views
They don't wear their uniform, their one identifying feature. That is a disguise. - 21/10/2010 09:08:25 PM 731 Views
Re: They don't wear their uniform, their one identifying feature. That is a disguise. - 22/10/2010 02:10:07 PM 831 Views
Don't be ridiculous... - 22/10/2010 04:52:55 PM 792 Views
No different - 23/10/2010 02:26:24 PM 861 Views
Here is to hoping Egwene can get her head out of her ass. - 21/10/2010 10:30:10 AM 867 Views
Now hang on a minute! - 21/10/2010 07:28:45 AM 1011 Views
Re: Now hang on a minute! - 21/10/2010 10:49:34 AM 895 Views
Re: Now hang on a minute! - 21/10/2010 11:28:55 PM 908 Views
Re: Now hang on a minute! - 22/10/2010 01:08:14 AM 869 Views
IMO, the main difference between Egwene & Galad is... - 21/10/2010 12:36:53 PM 940 Views
it would be an interesting comparison if they weren't completely different organizations - 21/10/2010 04:09:31 PM 968 Views
You! - 22/10/2010 02:28:07 PM 868 Views

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