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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 274 Views
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Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 01:49:19 AM 630 Views
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Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 07:31:32 PM 554 Views
Both of us are saying the same thing - 03/03/2010 01:46:57 PM 520 Views
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Re: Yes, but Shai'tan himself is outside the Pattern. - 09/03/2010 01:54:26 PM 520 Views
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Yes, I said that at the very beginning: *NM* - 11/03/2010 05:44:19 PM 225 Views
Your reasons and mine for irrelevancy are different.. *NM* - 12/03/2010 05:12:52 AM 216 Views
Re: Ishamael's nature - 02/03/2010 10:43:16 PM 573 Views
I don't know if this has any basis in fact... - 04/03/2010 02:44:26 AM 644 Views

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