Plus, they are ridiculous.
It is not like the Oaths actually result in good outcomes. I could believe it if a doctor said "My life is based around the Hippocratic Oath."
It sounds stupid when an Aes Sedai says "The Oaths make me an Aes Sedai." I think they forget that it is the Aes Sedai that makes the Oaths and gives them their power, not the Oaths themselves which form this identity (hence the individual interpretation and etc).
It is not like the Oaths actually result in good outcomes. I could believe it if a doctor said "My life is based around the Hippocratic Oath."
It sounds stupid when an Aes Sedai says "The Oaths make me an Aes Sedai." I think they forget that it is the Aes Sedai that makes the Oaths and gives them their power, not the Oaths themselves which form this identity (hence the individual interpretation and etc).
This is a big reason the general population doesn't trust them
Domani Drag Queen in the White Tower ... Aran'gar watch out!
so egwene had almost all the aes sedai loose and reswear the oaths
- 23/03/2010 04:45:00 PM
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Re: so egwene had almost all the aes sedai loose and reswear the oaths
- 24/03/2010 03:08:21 AM
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Re: so egwene had almost all the aes sedai loose and reswear the oaths
- 24/03/2010 12:32:05 PM
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I had a related question about the oath rod:
- 24/03/2010 10:07:52 AM
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Too bad she didn't take the opportunity to drop the Oaths altogether.
- 25/03/2010 02:14:32 PM
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Agreed
- 25/03/2010 07:30:46 PM
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I disagree. The Oaths are among the least irritating of the many irritating things about Aes Sedai.
- 27/03/2010 09:56:34 PM
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I'm with ya Templar. They have ways around everything. *NM*
- 29/03/2010 06:07:00 AM
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Except when they're leashed to an a'dam 
*NM*
- 29/03/2010 08:28:05 AM
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*NM*
- 29/03/2010 08:28:05 AM
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I would have loved it if Nynaeve, Egwene and Elayne went off and started their own organizations
- 02/04/2010 06:04:30 PM
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