Things I loved: #1: The Lurker & Co's being able to balk the Wyrm. It makes total sense to me that the engineered off switch for the Creator's world wouldn't be able to properly handle the Banes that Foul illicitly planted in there. #2: Kastenessan showing up when they activated the temple. Of c...

Bit of an old thread, still on the front page though so I guess there's no harm in responding. It strikes me that Sgt. Null isn't feeling what SRD is peddling in terms of the paper on the fundamentals of ethics that we see in chapter one. TC is the guy who refuses to fight based on it not being real...

In the previous example where you (timely being) ask me (timeless being) whether there is beer in the fridge it does not matter how I learned that there is beer in the fridge. Maybe I used my Time Powers. Maybe I looked before you sat down. My knowledge of the fridge state isn't important. Its my kn...

Alright, I feel like things are clarifying nicely. I think in three or four more back and forths we'll be able to arrive at a position of mutual agreement. "Telling someone the likely consequences of their actions doesn't control them. It gives them the necessary information they need to make a...

Alright, I want to come at this from a few angles here. First off, please don't think I'm being condescending. A genuine attempt to change someone's publicly stated and strongly held position has almost a 0% chance of succeeding, but please accept that I'm earnestly striving towards that end, not tr...

Hey man, sorry to reply to such an old thread, but I'd been thinking on the concept for a while, wanted to get my thoughts down. First, I think you need to be wary of what I call the Swordsman's Objection. It goes something like "We are supposed to believe that A is an expert swordsman, and yet...

I concur, the Theomach is a past-only guy, but knows the future.

1. Elohim would stop them. They need Linden there so that the Elohim will believe that she'll handle stopping them. Further, Berek + his surrounds are under the Theomach's protection, he's paid prices to be able to protect the time stream in that area. 2. Brin has already killed the Theomach. Linden...

It feels to me like the Master's actions are intended to make a sacrifice of the Land, thus shielding the cosmos from LF. With the Masters in charge no one is using Earthpower (sorta...ha) so the contribution of humanity to the world is 0. With earthpower users running around the contribution is wil...

This was a long thread, and I haven't read through to make sure this point hasn't been brought up, but it has to be said in any discussion of this topic. TC has seen Berek's ghost, when he vanquishes Lord Foul the first time. Berek's ghost is urging the destruction of LF. If TC was Berek then it see...

"Do you think people will stop doing drugs because of harsh penalties? Harsh penalties haven't stopped them. The death penalty in some countries hasn't stopped them. " Clearly the death penalty stopped those it was applied to...heh, unfair but I couldn't resist. I think Dilbert once pointe...

Cail: 1. Yay! 2. I'm left-handed (not really, but that is a good example of a trait I'm powerless to change). I'd be incensed if the law treated me differently because of this. I'd refer to it as discriminatory. On the other hand I'm a voter, this is something I can control. I would be alright with ...

I have issue with three notions I see running through this discussion, I hope I'll be forgiven for stating them myself and then disputing myself. I see this as more polite than directly contradicting those I disagree with. In my experience people tend to view that as an attack on them, rather than o...

TC sees Berek's dead spirit at the end of TPTP. He's towering behind the Lords and joining in their urging for TC to smite Foul with the white gold ring power. Ergo TC != Berek, right?

It seems unlikely to me that Linden, now that she has recovered her enchanced perception, could be deceived about the identity of TC. Also, they posess the Staff of Law, surely that is a test of truth that no one could count on passing with enough certainty to make the idea of masquerading as TC att...

Quoting Avatar: "The "moral condition" is being underscored by the ability and predisposition of others to inflict harm on him. Once that ability is no longer a factor, will the conditioning hold?" This is something I hadn't considered. Research indicates that conditioning throug...

According to the initial post the child previously had 5000 violent episodes per week. Two possibilities explain those 5000 violent episodes a week. 1. He is able to control these episodes. They are voluntary and made under the belief that the inconvenience of his punishments is bearable when compar...

For amusement's sake I worked out a Sci-Fi explanation for The Land and the adventuers therein. 1. The Old Man (Creator guy) disappears on several occasions, simply vanishing while Linden or TC looks away. Thus, he or whatever agency he is representative of is capable of either disintegrating or mov...