Re: [spoon-discuss] Force vs. Source

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, May 13, 2003, at 09:57  PM, Baron von Skippy wrote:

> > What exactly does the Force have that the Source doesn't? I see:
> > Moving objects just by thinking about it? Nope, that happens all the 
> > time in WoT.
> > Destroying things by pointing at them? See pretty much anything from 
> > the end of book one on.
> > Jedi Mind Trick? That's basically just a watered-down Compulsion.
> >
> >
> > Can anyone think of anything else? 'Cause otherwise, it's superfluous 
> > to have the Force and the Source, because anything done with the 
> > Force is available through the Source, which can do everything much 
> > more powerfully. We might as well just replace Force with Source.
> -Lightsabers. And no, Rand's flaming heron-mark doesn't count.-

Lightsabers are not part of the Force. It happens that only Jedi seem 
to use them, but they do not actually need to be held by a Jedi to work.

My point is that everything that can be done with the Force, can also 
be done with the Source; the Force is, therefore, effectively a subset 
of the Power.

--
Wonko

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