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Re: You people are the insane ones Cannoli Send a noteboard - 30/12/2015 11:25:09 AM

You started this by taking the thing off topic to focus on Egwene.



Well for one, Egwene did not have an army to defeat Mesaana. That entire battle between the Black Ajah and Aiel etc was not Egwene's deed. Egwene battled Mesaana in private where no one could help her and defeated her. So factually you distorted this entire scene. You asked where you did it, and you did it here.
Perrin helped her, and she defeated Mesaana by being more stupidly stubborn in grasping a wrong point. Perrin caused Mesaana to be pinned in an arena where Egwene had a natural advantage, through her (dishonestly obtained) teaching by superior Dreamwalkers, and her innate talents in T'A'R, while Mesaana had none of that, and would have simply fled, rather than get caught up in such a one-sided confrontation, if Perrin had not brought the Dreamspike. And then Egwene would have been back to square one.
Secondly, what kind of argument is 'someone would have killed Taim.' The same could be said for any evil person in the series... eventually someone good would have killed them. So it's basically not a worthy deed if you kill a great source of evil, because 'eventually someone will kill them.'
It's a pitched, set piece battle, as opposed to her confrontations with Mesaana or the damane in the Tower.
As usual you were very concise with the truth again as you mention that anyone could go after Taim with one of the most powerful sa'angreal in existence, but of course fail to mention that he was wielding Sakarnen too. I suspect this is the sort of distortion that Fionwe is referring to, or 'merely flinging the Power at each other' because world war two was 'just lots of bombs'.
And if one of those bombs had fallen on Hitler, we would not be praising the guy who happened to release it for defeating Hitler.
So good luck to that person who would have eventually killed him even though he was weaving balefire on a level not seen since the War of Power.

A person weaving balefire dies just as well as anyone. No matter how much balefire you are weaving, you have the same anatomical functions, and are no more or less protected than a non-channeler.


Cannoli
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless

“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
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Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions kHz1000 - 26/12/2015 08:46:07 PM 2411 Views
My answers gban007 - 27/12/2015 02:55:35 AM 1390 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions darius_sedai - 27/12/2015 04:42:28 PM 1513 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions kHz1000 - 27/12/2015 09:01:33 PM 1473 Views
Black Ajah darius_sedai - 28/12/2015 02:44:04 AM 1412 Views
Mine Sidious - 27/12/2015 10:39:08 PM 1531 Views
Re: Mine kHz1000 - 28/12/2015 12:57:23 AM 1444 Views
Re: Mine Sidious - 28/12/2015 09:51:54 AM 1263 Views
Re: Mine kHz1000 - 28/12/2015 02:02:33 PM 1290 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions Cannoli - 28/12/2015 12:40:49 PM 1740 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions kHz1000 - 28/12/2015 01:53:00 PM 1539 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions Cannoli - 29/12/2015 11:35:09 AM 1366 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions kHz1000 - 29/12/2015 05:12:46 PM 1394 Views
So about Egwene... Sidious - 28/12/2015 04:26:47 PM 1591 Views
Re: So about Egwene... Cannoli - 28/12/2015 10:52:29 PM 1449 Views
Why do you bother? *NM* darius_sedai - 29/12/2015 01:23:10 AM 799 Views
Seriously... fionwe1987 - 29/12/2015 01:30:34 AM 1407 Views
Sadly I have to agree Sidious - 29/12/2015 08:46:58 AM 1446 Views
You people are the insane ones Cannoli - 29/12/2015 11:21:24 AM 1453 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones Sidious - 29/12/2015 12:10:51 PM 1507 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones Cannoli - 30/12/2015 11:25:09 AM 1454 Views
Yet it's Mesaana who forces the head to head confrontation with Egwene darius_sedai - 30/12/2015 05:25:00 PM 1460 Views
I don't get the "circumstances being created" argument anyway... fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 02:53:14 AM 1257 Views
Re: I don't get the "circumstances being created" argument anyway... Sidious - 31/12/2015 06:28:33 AM 1406 Views
Damn stupid WoT, never working out the way you think it should! Cannoli - 04/01/2016 01:38:45 AM 1431 Views
So you agree, Egwene eliminated on of the Forsaken in a direct conflict darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 03:28:35 AM 1287 Views
Yeah. I just don't see how it redounds to her credit, or is particularly impressive. Cannoli - 04/01/2016 07:17:20 AM 1499 Views
Re: Yeah. I just don't see how it redounds to her credit, or is particularly impressive. darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 03:59:18 PM 1430 Views
Re: Yeah. I just don't see how it redounds to her credit, or is particularly impressive. Sidious - 04/01/2016 04:19:00 PM 1417 Views
Well, to put things in context fionwe1987 - 04/01/2016 04:28:00 PM 1466 Views
Re: Well, to put things in context Sidious - 04/01/2016 07:05:27 PM 1716 Views
That's not the worst argument given how lame many of them were darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 06:37:44 PM 1519 Views
Uh oh Sidious - 04/01/2016 07:03:08 PM 2072 Views
*grabs Dewars* *NM* darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 08:24:05 PM 917 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones Sidious - 30/12/2015 06:22:02 PM 1561 Views
Apparently, Egwene shouldn't have killed the Sharans... fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 02:56:08 AM 1491 Views
it's just an excuse to not give credit to a character he doesn't like darius_sedai - 31/12/2015 04:44:17 AM 1644 Views
Exactly. The double standard has always existed in Cannoli's rants. fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 05:31:42 AM 1576 Views
Yes well I've only recently started to realize how distasteful it is Sidious - 31/12/2015 06:27:26 AM 1615 Views
Wow... the board was alive 5 years ago! fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 08:34:03 AM 1548 Views
LOL ... Someday you'll come to realize how right we were!!! *NM* darius_sedai - 31/12/2015 05:23:18 PM 935 Views
How is this a concession? Cannoli - 04/01/2016 08:05:38 AM 1701 Views
Re: How is this a concession? Sidious - 04/01/2016 10:49:20 AM 1735 Views
You can dislike Cannoli, you can claim his arguments are biased... TyrReborn - 31/12/2015 07:09:55 PM 1565 Views
Offended? No, I find it funny, in a needs medication way darius_sedai - 31/12/2015 07:50:28 PM 1421 Views
It is possible gban007 - 01/01/2016 05:59:51 AM 1556 Views
It's also possible that he created a bunch of sock puppet handles to pat himself on the back darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 06:53:27 AM 1545 Views
Re: It's also possible that he created a bunch of sock puppet handles to pat himself on the back Sidious - 01/01/2016 08:43:43 AM 1501 Views
She's. Not. A. Real. Person. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 01:49:37 AM 1530 Views
Re: She's. Not. A. Real. Person. Sidious - 02/01/2016 04:16:39 AM 1512 Views
Re: She's. Not. A. Real. Person. lilltempest - 08/01/2016 10:33:22 PM 1471 Views
Fair enough gban007 - 01/01/2016 09:31:47 AM 1273 Views
Where did I say someone who reads his posts are dumb or something? darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 05:15:30 PM 1293 Views
Not directly gban007 - 01/01/2016 09:09:05 PM 1351 Views
And yet I'm being told I'm the one acting offended darius_sedai - 02/01/2016 01:15:15 AM 1258 Views
See, this is the crap I'm talking about. TyrReborn - 01/01/2016 06:20:16 PM 1347 Views
Re: See, this is the crap I'm talking about. Sidious - 01/01/2016 07:25:38 PM 1443 Views
Okay, Mark, all kidding and stuff aside, you're being the asshole, here. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 03:49:08 AM 1428 Views
Okay... Sidious - 02/01/2016 04:50:24 AM 1359 Views
About insults... fionwe1987 - 02/01/2016 05:04:47 AM 1322 Views
I don't know where to even respond about all this! darius_sedai - 02/01/2016 07:39:43 PM 1318 Views
Re: I don't know where to even respond about all this! Sidious - 03/01/2016 10:39:10 AM 1345 Views
LOL ... Love it *NM* darius_sedai - 03/01/2016 04:17:02 PM 740 Views
Re: Okay... Cannoli - 02/01/2016 12:55:37 PM 1603 Views
Um, I think you are going a bit far with your assumptions darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 07:35:23 PM 1300 Views
Cannoli's the one who got offended. fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 09:23:45 PM 1327 Views
Yeah, because I was talking about the books, and then you three started talking about me. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 03:55:23 AM 1351 Views
Re: Yeah, because I was talking about the books, and then you three started talking about me. fionwe1987 - 02/01/2016 04:56:36 AM 1302 Views
Re: You can dislike Cannoli, you can claim his arguments are biased... Sidious - 01/01/2016 08:41:18 AM 1325 Views
Right? Hell, I was semi-mocking YOU for even bothering to get into it with Cannoli! *NM* darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 05:20:58 PM 691 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones fionwe1987 - 29/12/2015 02:13:32 PM 1342 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones Cannoli - 30/12/2015 11:50:13 AM 1605 Views
Re: You people are the insane ones fionwe1987 - 30/12/2015 05:07:09 PM 1453 Views
My admittedly scratch memory gban007 - 31/12/2015 08:32:51 AM 1378 Views
Re: My admittedly scratch memory fionwe1987 - 31/12/2015 08:47:58 AM 1415 Views
Thanks gban007 - 01/01/2016 06:14:45 AM 1308 Views
One thing... fionwe1987 - 01/01/2016 06:42:10 AM 1255 Views
Re: One thing... Sidious - 01/01/2016 08:49:00 AM 1278 Views
Re: One thing... fionwe1987 - 01/01/2016 01:40:21 PM 1332 Views
We need a term for stuff like that. I nominate "pulling a Brandon" because "BS" is so common. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 02:13:19 AM 1338 Views
Interesting gban007 - 01/01/2016 09:18:43 AM 1296 Views
Re: Interesting darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 05:29:38 PM 1322 Views
Re: Interesting gban007 - 01/01/2016 06:50:26 PM 1249 Views
Or perhaps a mixed circle could figure it out darius_sedai - 01/01/2016 07:40:02 PM 1263 Views
Maybe it's like a broken bone? gban007 - 01/01/2016 09:10:26 PM 1297 Views
Re: Maybe it's like a broken bone? darius_sedai - 02/01/2016 01:13:05 AM 1297 Views
Re: My admittedly scratch memory Cannoli - 02/01/2016 02:10:44 AM 1538 Views
Here we go with the selective criticisms again... fionwe1987 - 02/01/2016 04:23:47 AM 1408 Views
It's not selective to point out legitimate differences in circumstances. Cannoli - 02/01/2016 12:25:07 PM 1584 Views
not true, the Sul'dam's mission was to capture or kill as many marath'damane as they could darius_sedai - 02/01/2016 08:49:28 PM 1286 Views
How are they supposed to do that without a'dam? Cannoli - 04/01/2016 01:45:52 AM 1394 Views
enemy combatant in an active hot zone darius_sedai - 04/01/2016 03:34:15 AM 1287 Views
Only if they were germane to the issue... fionwe1987 - 03/01/2016 09:32:22 AM 1273 Views
Timing of the creation of the three oaths gban007 - 03/01/2016 08:22:12 PM 1292 Views
Re: Timing of the creation of the three oaths darius_sedai - 03/01/2016 08:56:35 PM 1454 Views
Cheers gban007 - 03/01/2016 09:50:41 PM 1260 Views
Re: Cheers darius_sedai - 03/01/2016 10:35:34 PM 1416 Views
Re: Only if they were germane to the issue... Cannoli - 04/01/2016 07:15:58 AM 1347 Views
Q.E.D. fionwe1987 - 04/01/2016 12:29:58 PM 1619 Views
Re: Q.E.D. Sidious - 04/01/2016 02:41:19 PM 1532 Views
Interesting... fionwe1987 - 28/12/2015 02:31:33 PM 1376 Views
Re Perrin gban007 - 29/12/2015 07:24:41 AM 1426 Views
Perrin is right almost all the time. How is he not smart? Cannoli - 04/01/2016 08:26:18 AM 1545 Views
Re: Perrin is right almost all the time. How is he not smart? kHz1000 - 04/01/2016 01:44:53 PM 1401 Views
Re: Perrin is right almost all the time. How is he not smart? Cannoli - 07/01/2016 12:24:28 AM 1682 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions Morning - 18/01/2016 04:40:03 PM 1159 Views
Re: Let's have a survey! Seven questions, give your opinions Morning - 18/01/2016 04:44:10 PM 1141 Views
Overrated characters Morning - 06/02/2016 04:24:55 PM 1184 Views
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