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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 1837 Views
I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 04:07:33 AM 1246 Views
On Balefire - 06/01/2010 04:43:18 AM 1233 Views
Good point - 06/01/2010 05:04:26 AM 1265 Views
On the nature of BaleFire - 06/01/2010 03:32:25 PM 1165 Views
Re: I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 04:59:12 AM 1077 Views
Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:10:33 AM 1154 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:20:02 AM 1065 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:58:00 AM 1055 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 11:46:13 AM 1029 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 03:55:01 PM 1027 Views
I disagree - 06/01/2010 05:42:44 PM 980 Views
Re: I disagree - 06/01/2010 06:41:08 PM 1025 Views
Re: I disagree - 07/01/2010 04:42:40 AM 1008 Views
I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 07:30:56 AM 1122 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 03:32:24 PM 1023 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 09:52:47 PM 1126 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 11:19:56 PM 1047 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 12:21:50 AM 1102 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 12:56:26 AM 1032 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 01:46:16 AM 1099 Views
I agree with Templar - 09/01/2010 04:36:20 PM 998 Views
Re: I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 07:57:54 AM 1125 Views
Rand crossed a line - 06/01/2010 02:36:42 PM 1127 Views
Re: Rand crossed a line - 06/01/2010 04:16:12 PM 1085 Views
But... - 06/01/2010 04:34:02 PM 1161 Views
Re: But... - 06/01/2010 06:14:25 PM 968 Views
Doesn't Balefire remove your thread from the Pattern permanently? - 06/01/2010 02:55:38 PM 1116 Views
No, RJ stated balefired people can be reborn. *NM* - 06/01/2010 03:26:00 PM 542 Views
But not in this turning of the Wheel. So they'd miss out on MANY lifetimes. - 06/01/2010 05:46:04 PM 1025 Views
What? - 06/01/2010 06:20:56 PM 1037 Views
Where did you get that? - 06/01/2010 07:09:38 PM 999 Views
No, balefire just kills you backwards in time. It is not super-death. *NM* - 06/01/2010 09:58:18 PM 549 Views
LOL ... super-death! - 06/01/2010 11:59:31 PM 967 Views
Hah! *NM* - 07/01/2010 12:06:07 AM 542 Views
It makes me think of History of the World Part 1 - 07/01/2010 12:53:20 AM 1000 Views
It makes me think of History of the World Part 1 - 07/01/2010 12:53:33 AM 956 Views
Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 06:51:15 PM 1105 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 07:16:14 PM 1072 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 08:58:40 PM 1059 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 10:47:11 PM 1058 Views
let me ask the question in a different way - 06/01/2010 11:26:43 PM 1063 Views
Re: let me ask the question in a different way - 06/01/2010 11:40:56 PM 1043 Views
actually that quote supports my thoughts - 06/01/2010 11:50:40 PM 1126 Views
Re: actually that quote supports my thoughts - 07/01/2010 12:10:07 AM 993 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 1101 Views
Sigh. What mass murder? - 07/01/2010 12:15:01 AM 945 Views
you are kidding right? - 07/01/2010 12:19:58 AM 1046 Views
In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 03:14:32 PM 1021 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 03:57:43 PM 1045 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 07:13:21 PM 1050 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 07:52:24 PM 971 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 08:56:43 PM 1061 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:26:01 PM 1027 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:30:45 PM 945 Views
Personally I'm kind of sick of Rand being the only person killing FS! - 07/01/2010 09:42:57 PM 1098 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:56:02 PM 1068 Views
OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 07/01/2010 10:30:19 PM 1071 Views
Re: OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 08/01/2010 01:53:25 PM 999 Views
Re: OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 08/01/2010 02:56:41 PM 1032 Views
What might work... - 08/01/2010 12:35:17 PM 938 Views
Re: What might work... - 08/01/2010 11:38:09 PM 959 Views
Yes. Anakin Skywalker all over again - 06/01/2010 11:01:02 PM 1137 Views
Meh - 06/01/2010 11:30:24 PM 962 Views
The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:33:32 PM 970 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:50:37 PM 1068 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:55:03 PM 1027 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 1024 Views
*laughs behind hand* - 07/01/2010 12:05:54 AM 1098 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 07/01/2010 12:23:11 AM 950 Views
I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 12:52:25 AM 993 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 01:24:32 AM 1060 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 03:33:52 PM 980 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 04:28:18 PM 1135 Views
right cause all Generals are so well versed in medical conditions - 07/01/2010 09:44:09 PM 1096 Views
Nice way to avoid the argument. - 07/01/2010 10:00:17 PM 1032 Views
I'm just done talking in circles. You seem to think that because people - 07/01/2010 11:53:05 PM 1056 Views
I concede - 07/01/2010 01:09:11 AM 968 Views
You weren't wrong overall, but there were some serious flaws in your reasoning. - 07/01/2010 02:43:17 AM 1092 Views
Tee hee. - 07/01/2010 05:28:52 AM 1035 Views
Morals are subjective anyhow, - 07/01/2010 06:23:09 AM 1040 Views
Re: Morals are subjective anyhow, - 07/01/2010 03:23:59 PM 978 Views
I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 09/01/2010 12:00:02 AM 1048 Views
Re: I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 09/01/2010 05:56:16 PM 1233 Views
Re: I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 18/01/2010 01:00:23 PM 1359 Views
Your assertions weaken your overall argument. - 11/01/2010 04:47:10 PM 940 Views
Re: Your assertions weaken your overall argument. - 18/01/2010 12:49:26 PM 975 Views

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