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Take up the Dragon's burden... Cannoli Send a noteboard - 14/11/2009 07:56:46 AM
Let's look at what he did, he brought them a bunch of food, not his fault it was destroyed, he killed Graendal, he made a very good attempt to bring order and peace, inside and with the Seanchan, and in the end he left them with their only military force far away, easy pickings for the Seanchan, who tend to bring order and food too. It was obviously a failed attempt, but he made the attempt, so how is he any more evil than, say, Egwene, who did not send food or troops, or Elayne, who has food and gateways too, or the borderlanders, who had the troops to bring order way back but instead elected to march those troops even further from their duties. He couldn't do anything else, it's like bringing a peacekeeping force to some place that's ravaged by diseas and war, bringing vaccine, then finding out the vaccine was ruined and you hvae no replacements, you pack up your troops before they get infected too and go home, sucks, but not evil.


...the savage wars of peace.
Fill full the mouth of famine
Go bid the sickness cease.
And when your goal is nearest,
The end for others sought,
Watch sloth & heathen folly
Bring all your hopes to naught.

Take up the Dragon's burden
And reap his old reward
The blame of those you better,
The hate of those you guard.
The cry of hosts you humor
Ah, slowly toward the Light,
"Why brought ye us from bondage?
Our 'loved Egyptian night!"
- Paraphrased from Rudyard Kipling (substituted "Dragon" for "white man" )

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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Rand is NOT evil in tGS, nor does he do any evil - 14/11/2009 12:26:27 AM 1349 Views
That is nonsense... - 14/11/2009 12:47:22 AM 740 Views
Re: That is nonsense... - 14/11/2009 05:30:01 AM 623 Views
So what? - 14/11/2009 09:28:49 AM 687 Views
Re: So what? - 15/11/2009 12:17:54 AM 621 Views
Laughable - 15/11/2009 03:36:36 PM 572 Views
Chasing you with an army is not hostile? - 19/11/2009 12:59:52 AM 488 Views
Sorry... gotta disagree. - 14/11/2009 01:09:30 AM 661 Views
Re: Sorry... gotta disagree. - 14/11/2009 03:49:49 AM 612 Views
Even if it's not thousands of lives. Stalin got it right. - 14/11/2009 05:33:05 AM 484 Views
I think the thousands would disagree - as would the one. *NM* - 25/11/2009 08:19:47 AM 231 Views
Mad, threatening, bad-tempered and cold, but not evil... - 14/11/2009 01:43:12 AM 592 Views
I disagree with prety much everything - 14/11/2009 03:10:12 AM 591 Views
Re: I disagree with prety much everything - 14/11/2009 05:45:14 AM 658 Views
Why in the world is quantity irrelevant? - 14/11/2009 06:01:13 AM 445 Views
A murderer is evil. What difference does it make how many? That's just degrees. There's no OK number - 14/11/2009 07:22:47 AM 526 Views
Ok, let's take this a step further - 14/11/2009 09:45:50 PM 480 Views
Re: Ok, let's take this a step further - 15/11/2009 12:23:05 AM 581 Views
Tried AGAIN? Serial killing indicates a tendancy. - 25/11/2009 08:23:39 AM 480 Views
Re: I disagree with prety much everything - 14/11/2009 04:35:27 PM 632 Views
I think you're confusing "evil" with "risky" - 15/11/2009 12:48:21 AM 622 Views
Re: I disagree with prety much everything - 15/11/2009 07:04:16 AM 523 Views
What Rand did that was evil. - 14/11/2009 04:06:17 AM 575 Views
I don't see Arad Doman - 14/11/2009 04:57:20 AM 480 Views
Take up the Dragon's burden... - 14/11/2009 07:56:46 AM 682 Views
A wonderful commentary on 'nation building' too, I suppose - 14/11/2009 08:22:46 AM 673 Views
Priorities. - 14/11/2009 07:52:06 AM 647 Views
Perhaps - 14/11/2009 09:43:51 PM 672 Views
Re: Perhaps - 24/11/2009 08:28:56 PM 592 Views
I don't think he was evil - 14/11/2009 08:10:56 AM 614 Views

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