is it just me? or are we loosing posts??? :S

hmm... bad logic in my opinion...

song was lost because they were in the middle of a war... only the aiel sing during battle as far as weve yet seen...

portal stones were lost because none of the channelers were strong enough to use them...

and i dont see how they could have been shunned, when the jen aiel treated them with such respect...

and the "only" channelers involved in the last battle in lews time, were male... the women wernt involved...

but the gateways are shown as VERY useful for both war and trading :) and that they can can be opened in partys when the channeler alone isnt strong enough... i think i get both sides of the argument, i just dont buy it... i cant see how women who are cleaning up after the men going insane, could simply forget their most valuable asset...

you have to know your current spot well, and your target just "ok"... hand drawn pictures of the target area are enough... at the very least... at the very least, it would have been a good retreat weave to a safe area, like tar valon...

ill say that it is possible, that with the shifting areas and continents, it made it impossible by way that not only did you have to know the layout of the area, but its approximate direction... and with everything shifting, it was either impossible, or it made it possible to open gates to the wrong spots... and opening a gate into the blight... not very helpful :) so it was, dismissed on mass by those who were capable do to... potential instability :)