And it wasn't just channelers. Imagine half the people you know. Do you think they'd give up all their morals and values for power and immortality, and be willing to do massive evil to get it? It makes me uncomfortable to think that 1 in 5 people would do it, never mind one is two.
I think that if your mind doesn't really understand what evil can mean, it's easier to fall for it. It's also easier for recruiters to confuse the issue, since there would have been a general naivety and lack of paranoia about the whole thing. So I'm not surprised that RJ set the numbers higher. It's all well and good to say you wouldn't give up your morals, but when you don't have a certain counterpoint to stand against them, you can't really know what you're giving up. Their collective sense of morality was probably woefully underdeveloped and shallow.
The Black Ajah
03/12/2009 10:05:13 PM
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I'd think the lifespan and power a channeler has are both big factors
03/12/2009 10:31:54 PM
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The BA must be better at recruiting than normal Aes Sedai
04/12/2009 12:47:11 AM
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Re: The BA must be better at recruiting than normal Aes Sedai
04/12/2009 01:14:44 AM
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I see no reason to believe Kari was a Darkfriend. Ishamael is a liar, and that's that.
04/12/2009 01:19:00 AM
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Perhaps
04/12/2009 03:10:23 AM
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The same could be said for the great majority of characters in the series. *NM*
04/12/2009 04:19:50 AM
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In the Age of Legends, 50% of channelers turned to the Shadow, if memory serves. *NM*
04/12/2009 01:11:35 AM
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I think it's absolute nonsense
04/12/2009 04:34:04 AM
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Knowing who he is?
04/12/2009 05:25:26 AM
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agreed. accepting that power comes at a price isn't evil. it's what drives people NOT to fail...
04/12/2009 08:51:01 AM
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Re: Knowing who he is?
04/12/2009 12:04:58 PM
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So by your argument, very few people murder, steal or cheat?
04/12/2009 12:50:35 PM
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I disagree, slightly.
04/12/2009 03:33:49 PM
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Okay but I'm talking more of the War of Power
04/12/2009 03:40:35 PM
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Ok
04/12/2009 03:50:10 PM
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