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Rand crossed a line Etzel Send a noteboard - 06/01/2010 02:36:42 PM
He showed that he is willing to use balefire on a large scale to destroy a whole palace with a Forsaken in it, even if he kills innocent people alongside the Forsaken (and even if all those people were "drones", they are still innocent and not the real targets).

As it's shown later in TGS, Rand starts then to see balefire as a common weapon. He already contemplates to balefire Tam and all the Seanchan. The next possible step would be that Rand considers to balefire whole cities, which don't bow to him or if he just believes that a Forsaken is inside the city. Ultimately such an attitude threatens humankind and the Pattern. Therefore balefire is forbidden and to use it widespread as Rand did an atrocity. Even the Forsaken don't want to use balefire this way anymore.

Besides that, Min and Nynaeve apparently - wrongly - believe that someone who was balefired can never be reborn, which would make its use even more horrific.
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Rand the psycho? - 06/01/2010 02:53:30 AM 1861 Views
I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 04:07:33 AM 1273 Views
On Balefire - 06/01/2010 04:43:18 AM 1263 Views
Good point - 06/01/2010 05:04:26 AM 1293 Views
On the nature of BaleFire - 06/01/2010 03:32:25 PM 1199 Views
Re: I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 04:59:12 AM 1106 Views
Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:10:33 AM 1184 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:20:02 AM 1093 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:58:00 AM 1082 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 11:46:13 AM 1050 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 03:55:01 PM 1056 Views
I disagree - 06/01/2010 05:42:44 PM 1014 Views
Re: I disagree - 06/01/2010 06:41:08 PM 1051 Views
Re: I disagree - 07/01/2010 04:42:40 AM 1038 Views
I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 07:30:56 AM 1152 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 03:32:24 PM 1052 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 09:52:47 PM 1159 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 11:19:56 PM 1081 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 12:21:50 AM 1130 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 12:56:26 AM 1061 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 01:46:16 AM 1126 Views
I agree with Templar - 09/01/2010 04:36:20 PM 1038 Views
Re: I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 07:57:54 AM 1151 Views
Rand crossed a line - 06/01/2010 02:36:42 PM 1159 Views
Re: Rand crossed a line - 06/01/2010 04:16:12 PM 1106 Views
But... - 06/01/2010 04:34:02 PM 1190 Views
Re: But... - 06/01/2010 06:14:25 PM 1001 Views
Doesn't Balefire remove your thread from the Pattern permanently? - 06/01/2010 02:55:38 PM 1158 Views
No, RJ stated balefired people can be reborn. *NM* - 06/01/2010 03:26:00 PM 558 Views
But not in this turning of the Wheel. So they'd miss out on MANY lifetimes. - 06/01/2010 05:46:04 PM 1056 Views
What? - 06/01/2010 06:20:56 PM 1061 Views
Where did you get that? - 06/01/2010 07:09:38 PM 1023 Views
No, balefire just kills you backwards in time. It is not super-death. *NM* - 06/01/2010 09:58:18 PM 565 Views
LOL ... super-death! - 06/01/2010 11:59:31 PM 998 Views
Hah! *NM* - 07/01/2010 12:06:07 AM 559 Views
It makes me think of History of the World Part 1 - 07/01/2010 12:53:20 AM 1042 Views
It makes me think of History of the World Part 1 - 07/01/2010 12:53:33 AM 982 Views
Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 06:51:15 PM 1140 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 07:16:14 PM 1110 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 08:58:40 PM 1086 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 10:47:11 PM 1080 Views
let me ask the question in a different way - 06/01/2010 11:26:43 PM 1091 Views
Re: let me ask the question in a different way - 06/01/2010 11:40:56 PM 1072 Views
actually that quote supports my thoughts - 06/01/2010 11:50:40 PM 1163 Views
Re: actually that quote supports my thoughts - 07/01/2010 12:10:07 AM 1025 Views
Meh. I just think advocating mass-murder is the opposite direction RJ meant for this to take. - 07/01/2010 12:00:44 AM 1147 Views
Sigh. What mass murder? - 07/01/2010 12:15:01 AM 977 Views
you are kidding right? - 07/01/2010 12:19:58 AM 1075 Views
In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 03:14:32 PM 1051 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 03:57:43 PM 1066 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 07:13:21 PM 1080 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 07:52:24 PM 1004 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 08:56:43 PM 1091 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:26:01 PM 1059 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:30:45 PM 974 Views
Personally I'm kind of sick of Rand being the only person killing FS! - 07/01/2010 09:42:57 PM 1122 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:56:02 PM 1102 Views
OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 07/01/2010 10:30:19 PM 1109 Views
Re: OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 08/01/2010 01:53:25 PM 1029 Views
Re: OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 08/01/2010 02:56:41 PM 1061 Views
What might work... - 08/01/2010 12:35:17 PM 965 Views
Re: What might work... - 08/01/2010 11:38:09 PM 989 Views
Yes. Anakin Skywalker all over again - 06/01/2010 11:01:02 PM 1165 Views
Meh - 06/01/2010 11:30:24 PM 1000 Views
The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:33:32 PM 991 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:50:37 PM 1090 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:55:03 PM 1055 Views
I do have to guiltily say, though, that if Rand had balefired the Seanchan and THEN became good... - 07/01/2010 12:03:20 AM 1052 Views
*laughs behind hand* - 07/01/2010 12:05:54 AM 1126 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 07/01/2010 12:23:11 AM 983 Views
I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 12:52:25 AM 1022 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 01:24:32 AM 1090 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 03:33:52 PM 1007 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 04:28:18 PM 1176 Views
right cause all Generals are so well versed in medical conditions - 07/01/2010 09:44:09 PM 1120 Views
Nice way to avoid the argument. - 07/01/2010 10:00:17 PM 1058 Views
I'm just done talking in circles. You seem to think that because people - 07/01/2010 11:53:05 PM 1084 Views
I concede - 07/01/2010 01:09:11 AM 999 Views
You weren't wrong overall, but there were some serious flaws in your reasoning. - 07/01/2010 02:43:17 AM 1117 Views
Tee hee. - 07/01/2010 05:28:52 AM 1077 Views
Morals are subjective anyhow, - 07/01/2010 06:23:09 AM 1068 Views
Re: Morals are subjective anyhow, - 07/01/2010 03:23:59 PM 1002 Views
I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 09/01/2010 12:00:02 AM 1084 Views
Re: I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 09/01/2010 05:56:16 PM 1262 Views
Re: I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 18/01/2010 01:00:23 PM 1388 Views
Your assertions weaken your overall argument. - 11/01/2010 04:47:10 PM 971 Views
Re: Your assertions weaken your overall argument. - 18/01/2010 12:49:26 PM 1006 Views

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