The regular folks are leashed and controlled by swords and whips, not Adam, but it is the same thing.
You think the army seiging Camlyn go there by their choice? They go there because the big Houses commanded them. Those people are just as free as damane.
You think the army seiging Camlyn go there by their choice? They go there because the big Houses commanded them. Those people are just as free as damane.
No. There is a BIG difference between social oppression and outright stripping of free will and autonomous control of your own body.
Those regular folks CAN revolt. There's nothing stopping them from doing it if they wanted to. Those soldiers have the CHOICE of disobeying, deserting, etc.
The a'dam is a different thing altogether. You can't even do anything your own mind told you to do without the express permission of the controlling person. You are owned in every way possible, body , mind, and soul.
BOHICA - Go ahead, ask me what it means. 
This message last edited by Bookwyrm on 31/10/2009 at 08:54:28 PM
Is anyone angered by the Seanchan and a'dam?
- 30/10/2009 11:14:00 PM
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Yes, but not me
- 30/10/2009 11:32:45 PM
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Re: Is anyone angry by the Seanchan and A'dam
- 30/10/2009 11:39:45 PM
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Re: Is anyone angry by the Seanchan and A'dam
- 30/10/2009 11:45:29 PM
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Except the Seanchan are not spoiled chidlren who mistake "wishful thinking" for a plan
- 31/10/2009 04:48:45 AM
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Or he could have used the Choedan Kal
- 31/10/2009 12:21:42 PM
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What Choedan Kal? *NM*
- 31/10/2009 10:15:24 PM
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For what?
- 31/10/2009 12:03:57 AM
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if he was it wasn't on purpose. I think he was just actively trying to use his ta'verenness *NM*
- 31/10/2009 12:15:32 AM
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I dont think it's compulsion.
- 31/10/2009 12:16:00 AM
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Actually, I think it's the other way around. 
- 31/10/2009 12:21:49 AM
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- 31/10/2009 12:21:49 AM
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I don't care for Tuon at all. I'd be okay if her and the Seanchan were obliterated. *NM*
- 31/10/2009 12:44:22 AM
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And how is that any different from me with Egwene (except she & I are the same race)? *NM*
- 31/10/2009 04:51:17 AM
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Why not Highlords in Tear?
- 31/10/2009 02:10:07 AM
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You dont really get it.
- 31/10/2009 12:23:35 PM
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That is just POV trap
- 31/10/2009 04:20:07 PM
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Flawed Argument
- 31/10/2009 08:54:05 PM
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Not at all. Their position is perfectly justified by their experiences.
- 31/10/2009 04:29:25 AM
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The a'dam and leashing of channelers does not change the fact that the OP can be misued...
- 31/10/2009 09:17:20 AM
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Which is why people should NOT be MORE angered toward Seanchan than toward WT.
- 31/10/2009 06:22:13 PM
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That's complete hogwash.
- 31/10/2009 10:23:50 PM
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Using the word "Hogwash" is inviting flames, but I will be nice about it
- 01/11/2009 05:44:16 AM
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Re: Using the word "Hogwash" is inviting flames, but I will be nice about it
- 05/11/2009 02:54:52 AM
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Well that was rather silly.
- 31/10/2009 12:27:03 PM
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And a generation later, the same old problem arises. New channelers, with no one to stop them.
- 31/10/2009 10:28:35 PM
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Several valid points...
- 31/10/2009 05:17:09 PM
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I wonder what if Egwene happen to be a child kidnapped at Flame and sent to WT
- 31/10/2009 06:30:34 PM
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The sul'dam should be destroyed
- 31/10/2009 05:14:06 AM
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The people themselves shouldn't be.
- 31/10/2009 05:26:08 AM
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Only the Empress can remove the custom
- 31/10/2009 05:48:09 AM
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Due to their conditioning.
- 31/10/2009 06:03:32 AM
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She will 
(and ya, sul'dam become sul'dam from age 13-18 usually) *NM*
- 31/10/2009 06:12:48 AM
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(and ya, sul'dam become sul'dam from age 13-18 usually) *NM*
- 31/10/2009 06:12:48 AM
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I think the a'dam is the perfect solution for Blacks and the Shaido 'Wise Ones'.
- 01/11/2009 02:51:27 AM
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