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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 1596 Views
I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 04:07:33 AM 994 Views
On Balefire - 06/01/2010 04:43:18 AM 994 Views
Good point - 06/01/2010 05:04:26 AM 1021 Views
On the nature of BaleFire - 06/01/2010 03:32:25 PM 924 Views
Re: I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 04:59:12 AM 831 Views
Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:10:33 AM 953 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:20:02 AM 866 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:58:00 AM 836 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 11:46:13 AM 789 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 03:55:01 PM 787 Views
I disagree - 06/01/2010 05:42:44 PM 746 Views
Re: I disagree - 06/01/2010 06:41:08 PM 772 Views
Re: I disagree - 07/01/2010 04:42:40 AM 753 Views
I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 07:30:56 AM 909 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 03:32:24 PM 816 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 09:52:47 PM 879 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 11:19:56 PM 760 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 12:21:50 AM 854 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 12:56:26 AM 792 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 01:46:16 AM 807 Views
I agree with Templar - 09/01/2010 04:36:20 PM 776 Views
Re: I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 07:57:54 AM 890 Views
Rand crossed a line - 06/01/2010 02:36:42 PM 903 Views
Re: Rand crossed a line - 06/01/2010 04:16:12 PM 815 Views
But... - 06/01/2010 04:34:02 PM 929 Views
Re: But... - 06/01/2010 06:14:25 PM 740 Views
Doesn't Balefire remove your thread from the Pattern permanently? - 06/01/2010 02:55:38 PM 801 Views
No, RJ stated balefired people can be reborn. *NM* - 06/01/2010 03:26:00 PM 412 Views
But not in this turning of the Wheel. So they'd miss out on MANY lifetimes. - 06/01/2010 05:46:04 PM 807 Views
What? - 06/01/2010 06:20:56 PM 813 Views
Where did you get that? - 06/01/2010 07:09:38 PM 775 Views
No, balefire just kills you backwards in time. It is not super-death. *NM* - 06/01/2010 09:58:18 PM 449 Views
LOL ... super-death! - 06/01/2010 11:59:31 PM 755 Views
Hah! *NM* - 07/01/2010 12:06:07 AM 395 Views
It makes me think of History of the World Part 1 - 07/01/2010 12:53:20 AM 765 Views
It makes me think of History of the World Part 1 - 07/01/2010 12:53:33 AM 737 Views
Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 06:51:15 PM 871 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 07:16:14 PM 795 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 08:58:40 PM 831 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 10:47:11 PM 823 Views
let me ask the question in a different way - 06/01/2010 11:26:43 PM 810 Views
Re: let me ask the question in a different way - 06/01/2010 11:40:56 PM 809 Views
actually that quote supports my thoughts - 06/01/2010 11:50:40 PM 828 Views
Re: actually that quote supports my thoughts - 07/01/2010 12:10:07 AM 784 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 839 Views
Sigh. What mass murder? - 07/01/2010 12:15:01 AM 725 Views
you are kidding right? - 07/01/2010 12:19:58 AM 816 Views
In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 03:14:32 PM 800 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 03:57:43 PM 807 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 07:13:21 PM 820 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 07:52:24 PM 763 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 08:56:43 PM 834 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:26:01 PM 765 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:30:45 PM 709 Views
Personally I'm kind of sick of Rand being the only person killing FS! - 07/01/2010 09:42:57 PM 886 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:56:02 PM 821 Views
OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 07/01/2010 10:30:19 PM 797 Views
Re: OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 08/01/2010 01:53:25 PM 751 Views
Re: OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 08/01/2010 02:56:41 PM 810 Views
What might work... - 08/01/2010 12:35:17 PM 720 Views
Re: What might work... - 08/01/2010 11:38:09 PM 742 Views
Yes. Anakin Skywalker all over again - 06/01/2010 11:01:02 PM 895 Views
Meh - 06/01/2010 11:30:24 PM 742 Views
The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:33:32 PM 746 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:50:37 PM 825 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:55:03 PM 769 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 802 Views
*laughs behind hand* - 07/01/2010 12:05:54 AM 878 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 07/01/2010 12:23:11 AM 745 Views
I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 12:52:25 AM 751 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 01:24:32 AM 815 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 03:33:52 PM 755 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 04:28:18 PM 900 Views
right cause all Generals are so well versed in medical conditions - 07/01/2010 09:44:09 PM 853 Views
Nice way to avoid the argument. - 07/01/2010 10:00:17 PM 810 Views
I'm just done talking in circles. You seem to think that because people - 07/01/2010 11:53:05 PM 841 Views
I concede - 07/01/2010 01:09:11 AM 735 Views
You weren't wrong overall, but there were some serious flaws in your reasoning. - 07/01/2010 02:43:17 AM 844 Views
Tee hee. - 07/01/2010 05:28:52 AM 794 Views
Morals are subjective anyhow, - 07/01/2010 06:23:09 AM 830 Views
Re: Morals are subjective anyhow, - 07/01/2010 03:23:59 PM 751 Views
I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 09/01/2010 12:00:02 AM 826 Views
Re: I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 09/01/2010 05:56:16 PM 983 Views
Re: I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 18/01/2010 01:00:23 PM 1093 Views
Your assertions weaken your overall argument. - 11/01/2010 04:47:10 PM 721 Views
Re: Your assertions weaken your overall argument. - 18/01/2010 12:49:26 PM 762 Views

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