Date: 27 Jul 2001 00:24:08 GMT From: "John S. Novak, III" Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan Subject: Re: Evidence request :) On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 19:46:54 +0000 (UTC), ripzone23 wrote: >>I can come up with several that demonstrate that she didn't-- hiding >>information from her torturers, >She was stilled first, then tortured. Once stilled, if she had >just been locked up and left to her own devices, what do you think >would have happened? But she was tortured, and because she thought >that what happened was not right, she clung on to the only thing >she could, defiance and revenge. Big deal. Defiance and revenge preserved her will to live. Just admit it-- you're flat out wrong in your assessment of Siuan Sanche's reaction. She never gave up her will to live, and you cannot demonstrate that she did. >>and the sheer determination (as she's >>sitting in her cell) with which she decides that she's not gong to >>waste away. >Exactly, because she know how easy it would be to do so if >she didn't find a way beyond that. What exactly? Revenge fits >her bill, nicely. You're still missing the point. To help you actually _get_ the point, let me try it this way: http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=she http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=did http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=not http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=give http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=up http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=the http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=will http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=to http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=live This, of course, eviscerates your arguments. -- John S. Novak, III jsn@concentric.net The Humblest Man on the Net