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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 339 Views
Not a question of intelligence. Rather, a different way of thinking... - 01/03/2010 07:23:37 PM 972 Views
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I love IQ tests. - 08/03/2010 01:18:10 AM 638 Views
Re: Which makes him the most evil of the Forsaken... or the least evil - 02/03/2010 05:30:43 PM 760 Views
Re: Which makes him the most evil of the Forsaken... or the least evil - 07/03/2010 11:31:14 PM 674 Views
I'm not an expert on nihilism, but ... - 08/03/2010 05:22:33 PM 829 Views
I doubt that. - 08/03/2010 01:21:32 AM 651 Views
Re: I doubt that. - 08/03/2010 12:41:43 PM 632 Views
Yep, I agree. - 08/03/2010 05:58:03 PM 737 Views
This ties in with his parallel to Lucifer. - 03/03/2010 12:57:37 AM 736 Views
Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 01:49:19 AM 766 Views
Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 02:51:44 PM 732 Views
Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 07:31:32 PM 685 Views
Both of us are saying the same thing - 03/03/2010 01:46:57 PM 671 Views
sorry, took "evil" too literally and - 03/03/2010 07:02:01 PM 631 Views
Found a great theory about Ishamael and his logic on theoryland - 02/03/2010 02:48:02 PM 1183 Views
Nice - 02/03/2010 04:41:05 PM 705 Views
Impressive - 02/03/2010 07:24:09 PM 692 Views
I have to disagree on one thing, at the very least... - 08/03/2010 01:47:47 AM 688 Views
Re: I have to disagree on one thing, at the very least... - 08/03/2010 12:37:27 PM 643 Views
Yes, but Shai'tan himself is outside the Pattern. - 08/03/2010 06:23:19 PM 703 Views
Re: Yes, but Shai'tan himself is outside the Pattern. - 09/03/2010 01:54:26 PM 694 Views
Because there is a Creator. - 09/03/2010 05:57:16 PM 630 Views
faulty assumptions - 10/03/2010 05:05:23 AM 631 Views
Impossible. - 10/03/2010 06:22:43 AM 639 Views
maybe an analogy will help - 10/03/2010 12:55:37 PM 1044 Views
But therein lies the problem. - 10/03/2010 04:58:42 PM 609 Views
your own argument is self defeating - 11/03/2010 08:10:36 AM 650 Views
Anyway I just realized this point is irrelevant to the original theory - 11/03/2010 08:14:20 AM 632 Views
Yes, I said that at the very beginning: *NM* - 11/03/2010 05:44:19 PM 295 Views
Your reasons and mine for irrelevancy are different.. *NM* - 12/03/2010 05:12:52 AM 280 Views
Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 10:43:16 PM 711 Views
I don't know if this has any basis in fact... - 04/03/2010 02:44:26 AM 851 Views

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