I believe he is wrong. I see no reason to dismiss Lews Therin's surprise, or the other times we were told Aes Sedai could not save tainted male channelers.
Lews Therin was never lucid (except for a few brief moments before his death) after saidin was tainted. Ishamael was, and he said a mad Lews Therin could get a few moments of lucidity if one of his Sisters was around.
I don't see how this can be viewed as being Healed of madness. You think the suddenly sane channeler wouldn't be able to stop himself from channeling for even a few minutes? And that those few minutes would return the channeler to insanity? What Ishamael is saying is that even the best Aes Sedai could do no more then hold the madness at bay for a few minutes.
The first rule of being a ninja is "do no harm". Unless you intend to do harm, then do lots of harm.
~Master Splinter
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Victorious in Bergioyn's legendary 'Reverse Mafia'. *MySmiley*
Nynaeve's new ability
18/11/2010 01:41:38 PM
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Nynaeve's healing seems more permanent, though.
18/11/2010 02:19:06 PM
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18/11/2010 02:59:17 PM
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18/11/2010 10:51:02 PM
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funny I was thinking about this just the other day and have much the same opinion
18/11/2010 02:19:45 PM
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That's not my interpretation.
18/11/2010 06:14:02 PM
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Re: That's not my interpretation.
18/11/2010 07:11:02 PM
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Even if we were to accept that as true...
18/11/2010 10:55:31 PM
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Maybe...
18/11/2010 11:18:08 PM
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Could be...
19/11/2010 03:01:35 AM
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None.
19/11/2010 03:20:35 AM
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As you wish.
19/11/2010 05:24:29 AM
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We're told exactly the opposite...
19/11/2010 05:47:31 AM
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Exactly.
19/11/2010 06:02:52 AM
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What are you arguing?
19/11/2010 06:50:58 AM
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Though I dread doing this, perhaps an analogy?
19/11/2010 06:16:30 PM
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You were right to dread...
19/11/2010 10:02:05 PM
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Re: You were right to dread...
20/11/2010 06:25:53 PM
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20/11/2010 08:18:53 PM
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21/11/2010 11:34:28 PM
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I'm not really sure that healing the taint and the mental Restoration AOL Aes Sedai had are the same
18/11/2010 10:01:01 PM
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Re: I'm not really sure that healing the taint and the mental Restoration AOL Aes Sedai had
18/11/2010 10:41:07 PM
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The answers to your questions are all in the Big White Book and other characters POVs
19/11/2010 04:11:03 PM
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Lots of reason to believe that the Taint was much stronger straight after the Breaking
26/11/2010 01:24:17 PM
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