- Most weaves would have been forgotten in the Westlands
- Nobody would be able to teach the girls with the spark, leaving most (if not all of them) with some kind of Block like Nynaeve had before Ebou Dar or even dead or burnt out
- Nobody would be able to teach those without the spark reducing the number of Channelers by 80% or so
- plus everything Salty already mentioned
Of course you could say there's the Aiel and Windfinders, but they're not interested in the Westlands. And don't say "There's the Kin", as this group would not exist either without the Tower!
	- Nobody would be able to teach the girls with the spark, leaving most (if not all of them) with some kind of Block like Nynaeve had before Ebou Dar or even dead or burnt out
- Nobody would be able to teach those without the spark reducing the number of Channelers by 80% or so
- plus everything Salty already mentioned
Of course you could say there's the Aiel and Windfinders, but they're not interested in the Westlands. And don't say "There's the Kin", as this group would not exist either without the Tower!
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			You know... it feels like the Aes Sedai are pretty superflouous
	    
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			Y'know, the paralells betwen the Aes Sedai in the White Tower...
	    
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			That is the inspiration for the Aes Sedai that RJ used - I can't find the article, though.
	    
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			When I was reading this I was thinking of the paralells between the white tower and
	    
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			And yet the WT has been THE single greatest force for continuity and civilization.
	    
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			Re: And yet the WT has been THE single greatest force for continuity and civilization.
	    
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			Really?
	    
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			Re: Really?
	    
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			So lets add a few more
	    
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			most of these are accounted for above
	    
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			Just because we don't know all their names, doesn't mean their effectiveness on the Pattern was less
	    
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			But who did the work?
	    
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			While these are good, none of it is because of the White Tower
	    
	         - 03/09/2009 05:43:56 PM
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			So if Elaida didn't order it, it doesn't count?
	    
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			Re: But who did the work?
	    
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			Only one point because obviously your mind is made up.
	    
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			well, yeah
	    
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			In that case, Rand, Mat, Perrin... all of them are superfluous.
	    
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			Re: In that case, Rand, Mat, Perrin... all of them are superfluous.
	    
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			I don't understand your point
	    
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			Re: I don't understand your point
	    
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			I was talking about the WT specifically, and only during recent years. It's Gotta be the Shadow,
	    
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			So what you are really saying is that if you ignore over 2/3rds of the AS the rest aren't doing much
	    
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			I'm talking about the organization as a whole
	    
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			You just made our point...
	    
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			WT has been THE single greatest force for stagancy and lack of development.
	    
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			Like I said earlier the AS are superfluous except the ones who aren't superfluous.  - 09/09/2009 11:55:47 AM
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			To a certain extent
	    
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			Actually, I think Verin is a good metaphor here.
	    
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			Agrees with Nossy
	    
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