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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 360 Views
Not a question of intelligence. Rather, a different way of thinking... - 01/03/2010 07:23:37 PM 1010 Views
I agree, except with your statement on what Ishamael's area of expertise is ... - 02/03/2010 03:17:13 PM 821 Views
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I love IQ tests. - 08/03/2010 01:18:10 AM 662 Views
Re: Which makes him the most evil of the Forsaken... or the least evil - 02/03/2010 05:30:43 PM 796 Views
Re: Which makes him the most evil of the Forsaken... or the least evil - 07/03/2010 11:31:14 PM 722 Views
I'm not an expert on nihilism, but ... - 08/03/2010 05:22:33 PM 858 Views
I doubt that. - 08/03/2010 01:21:32 AM 685 Views
Re: I doubt that. - 08/03/2010 12:41:43 PM 665 Views
Yep, I agree. - 08/03/2010 05:58:03 PM 772 Views
This ties in with his parallel to Lucifer. - 03/03/2010 12:57:37 AM 771 Views
Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 01:49:19 AM 806 Views
Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 02:51:44 PM 765 Views
Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 07:31:32 PM 722 Views
Both of us are saying the same thing - 03/03/2010 01:46:57 PM 705 Views
sorry, took "evil" too literally and - 03/03/2010 07:02:01 PM 673 Views
Found a great theory about Ishamael and his logic on theoryland - 02/03/2010 02:48:02 PM 1224 Views
Nice - 02/03/2010 04:41:05 PM 738 Views
Impressive - 02/03/2010 07:24:09 PM 722 Views
I have to disagree on one thing, at the very least... - 08/03/2010 01:47:47 AM 735 Views
Re: I have to disagree on one thing, at the very least... - 08/03/2010 12:37:27 PM 679 Views
Yes, but Shai'tan himself is outside the Pattern. - 08/03/2010 06:23:19 PM 748 Views
Re: Yes, but Shai'tan himself is outside the Pattern. - 09/03/2010 01:54:26 PM 724 Views
Because there is a Creator. - 09/03/2010 05:57:16 PM 659 Views
faulty assumptions - 10/03/2010 05:05:23 AM 663 Views
Impossible. - 10/03/2010 06:22:43 AM 673 Views
maybe an analogy will help - 10/03/2010 12:55:37 PM 1071 Views
But therein lies the problem. - 10/03/2010 04:58:42 PM 645 Views
your own argument is self defeating - 11/03/2010 08:10:36 AM 690 Views
Anyway I just realized this point is irrelevant to the original theory - 11/03/2010 08:14:20 AM 668 Views
Yes, I said that at the very beginning: *NM* - 11/03/2010 05:44:19 PM 312 Views
Your reasons and mine for irrelevancy are different.. *NM* - 12/03/2010 05:12:52 AM 299 Views
Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 10:43:16 PM 763 Views
I don't know if this has any basis in fact... - 04/03/2010 02:44:26 AM 892 Views

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