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Impressive newyorkersedai Send a noteboard - 02/03/2010 07:24:09 PM
Most impressive.
This is definitely one to give a leisurely read-through and contemplate.
I'd still say that there's an unequivocal wrongness to grabbing men, women, and children, then feeding them to other creatures.

Yet, there are many real world examples of people who steep themselves in High Reason, overlooking various aspects of common sense - or becoming apathetic to violations of natural law (murder, rape, etc).

When Rand spoke with Moridin in TGS, I loved what he said: that, in essence, Ishy was driven mad by reason.
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Sisyphus *NM* - 02/03/2010 02:27:06 AM 402 Views
Not a question of intelligence. Rather, a different way of thinking... - 01/03/2010 07:23:37 PM 1063 Views
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I love IQ tests. - 08/03/2010 01:18:10 AM 706 Views
Re: Which makes him the most evil of the Forsaken... or the least evil - 02/03/2010 05:30:43 PM 844 Views
Re: Which makes him the most evil of the Forsaken... or the least evil - 07/03/2010 11:31:14 PM 787 Views
I'm not an expert on nihilism, but ... - 08/03/2010 05:22:33 PM 905 Views
I doubt that. - 08/03/2010 01:21:32 AM 734 Views
Re: I doubt that. - 08/03/2010 12:41:43 PM 719 Views
Yep, I agree. - 08/03/2010 05:58:03 PM 831 Views
This ties in with his parallel to Lucifer. - 03/03/2010 12:57:37 AM 845 Views
Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 01:49:19 AM 867 Views
Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 02:51:44 PM 813 Views
Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 07:31:32 PM 770 Views
Both of us are saying the same thing - 03/03/2010 01:46:57 PM 761 Views
sorry, took "evil" too literally and - 03/03/2010 07:02:01 PM 741 Views
Found a great theory about Ishamael and his logic on theoryland - 02/03/2010 02:48:02 PM 1281 Views
Nice - 02/03/2010 04:41:05 PM 789 Views
Impressive - 02/03/2010 07:24:09 PM 772 Views
I have to disagree on one thing, at the very least... - 08/03/2010 01:47:47 AM 790 Views
Re: I have to disagree on one thing, at the very least... - 08/03/2010 12:37:27 PM 728 Views
Yes, but Shai'tan himself is outside the Pattern. - 08/03/2010 06:23:19 PM 812 Views
Re: Yes, but Shai'tan himself is outside the Pattern. - 09/03/2010 01:54:26 PM 774 Views
Because there is a Creator. - 09/03/2010 05:57:16 PM 704 Views
faulty assumptions - 10/03/2010 05:05:23 AM 718 Views
Impossible. - 10/03/2010 06:22:43 AM 722 Views
maybe an analogy will help - 10/03/2010 12:55:37 PM 1127 Views
But therein lies the problem. - 10/03/2010 04:58:42 PM 693 Views
your own argument is self defeating - 11/03/2010 08:10:36 AM 744 Views
Anyway I just realized this point is irrelevant to the original theory - 11/03/2010 08:14:20 AM 725 Views
Yes, I said that at the very beginning: *NM* - 11/03/2010 05:44:19 PM 336 Views
Your reasons and mine for irrelevancy are different.. *NM* - 12/03/2010 05:12:52 AM 321 Views
Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 10:43:16 PM 812 Views
I don't know if this has any basis in fact... - 04/03/2010 02:44:26 AM 940 Views

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