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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 1835 Views
I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 04:07:33 AM 1244 Views
On Balefire - 06/01/2010 04:43:18 AM 1231 Views
Good point - 06/01/2010 05:04:26 AM 1262 Views
On the nature of BaleFire - 06/01/2010 03:32:25 PM 1163 Views
Re: I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 04:59:12 AM 1074 Views
Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:10:33 AM 1151 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:20:02 AM 1063 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 05:58:00 AM 1053 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 11:46:13 AM 1027 Views
Re: Wait! - 06/01/2010 03:55:01 PM 1026 Views
I disagree - 06/01/2010 05:42:44 PM 978 Views
Re: I disagree - 06/01/2010 06:41:08 PM 1023 Views
Re: I disagree - 07/01/2010 04:42:40 AM 1005 Views
I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 07:30:56 AM 1121 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 03:32:24 PM 1022 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 09:52:47 PM 1124 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 06/01/2010 11:19:56 PM 1043 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 12:21:50 AM 1099 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 12:56:26 AM 1030 Views
Re: I doubt he meant 'in one go' as a single stream of balefire. - 07/01/2010 01:46:16 AM 1097 Views
I agree with Templar - 09/01/2010 04:36:20 PM 996 Views
Re: I cannot follow your assumptions. - 06/01/2010 07:57:54 AM 1122 Views
Rand crossed a line - 06/01/2010 02:36:42 PM 1125 Views
Re: Rand crossed a line - 06/01/2010 04:16:12 PM 1083 Views
But... - 06/01/2010 04:34:02 PM 1159 Views
Re: But... - 06/01/2010 06:14:25 PM 966 Views
Doesn't Balefire remove your thread from the Pattern permanently? - 06/01/2010 02:55:38 PM 1114 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 1023 Views
What? - 06/01/2010 06:20:56 PM 1037 Views
Where did you get that? - 06/01/2010 07:09:38 PM 996 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 964 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 998 Views
It makes me think of History of the World Part 1 - 07/01/2010 12:53:33 AM 954 Views
Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 06:51:15 PM 1103 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 07:16:14 PM 1069 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 08:58:40 PM 1057 Views
Re: Yes it was. - 06/01/2010 10:47:11 PM 1056 Views
let me ask the question in a different way - 06/01/2010 11:26:43 PM 1061 Views
Re: let me ask the question in a different way - 06/01/2010 11:40:56 PM 1040 Views
actually that quote supports my thoughts - 06/01/2010 11:50:40 PM 1123 Views
Re: actually that quote supports my thoughts - 07/01/2010 12:10:07 AM 991 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 1097 Views
Sigh. What mass murder? - 07/01/2010 12:15:01 AM 941 Views
you are kidding right? - 07/01/2010 12:19:58 AM 1043 Views
In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 03:14:32 PM 1017 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 03:57:43 PM 1042 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 07:13:21 PM 1047 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 07:52:24 PM 969 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 08:56:43 PM 1059 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:26:01 PM 1024 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:30:45 PM 941 Views
Personally I'm kind of sick of Rand being the only person killing FS! - 07/01/2010 09:42:57 PM 1095 Views
Re: In this book Rand was a wimp and a bully. - 07/01/2010 09:56:02 PM 1065 Views
OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 07/01/2010 10:30:19 PM 1069 Views
Re: OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 08/01/2010 01:53:25 PM 998 Views
Re: OK I'm sorry but this gets a huge ROFL :lol: - 08/01/2010 02:56:41 PM 1029 Views
What might work... - 08/01/2010 12:35:17 PM 936 Views
Re: What might work... - 08/01/2010 11:38:09 PM 957 Views
Yes. Anakin Skywalker all over again - 06/01/2010 11:01:02 PM 1134 Views
Meh - 06/01/2010 11:30:24 PM 961 Views
The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:33:32 PM 966 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:50:37 PM 1066 Views
Re: The worst part about his atrocities is his rationalizing them! - 06/01/2010 11:55:03 PM 1025 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 1022 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 945 Views
I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 12:52:25 AM 991 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 978 Views
Re: I don't think Rand or LTT (who has/have) little capacity for Healing - 07/01/2010 04:28:18 PM 1133 Views
right cause all Generals are so well versed in medical conditions - 07/01/2010 09:44:09 PM 1094 Views
Nice way to avoid the argument. - 07/01/2010 10:00:17 PM 1031 Views
I'm just done talking in circles. You seem to think that because people - 07/01/2010 11:53:05 PM 1055 Views
I concede - 07/01/2010 01:09:11 AM 966 Views
You weren't wrong overall, but there were some serious flaws in your reasoning. - 07/01/2010 02:43:17 AM 1091 Views
Tee hee. - 07/01/2010 05:28:52 AM 1033 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 977 Views
I have religious beliefs and that is an absurd contention - 09/01/2010 12:00:02 AM 1045 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 1357 Views
Your assertions weaken your overall argument. - 11/01/2010 04:47:10 PM 938 Views
Re: Your assertions weaken your overall argument. - 18/01/2010 12:49:26 PM 972 Views

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