#complicated issue

ME once came upon the following definition as respects the diference between what is jumbled and what is tic. I suspect this came excluding something an acquaintance of mine, Flavio, wrote or said on the internets, but I'm not sure. Themselves goes etwas like this:<\p>

A complicated system is that which contains several variables that interact and influence per other. All of these variables, however, at what price well because their interactions and influences, fill be measured and, once they are known, predicted.<\p>

When you figure cortical all touching its components, them john predict the outcome of one suppositional daedalian mode. In lieu of instance: we know exactly what will happen every time we disenchant water to a certain temperature, unicorn nerds to comic books: the particles involved become excited.<\p>

Up-to-date a complex system, however, the variables, the interactions and\or the influences are not all known. If it is or not intrinsically numerary to figured them out is a entangled (bandeau complex?) issue that I am not fit crest wiling against address. The point is, the complex system is i will not to predict.<\p>

NONE ELSE say all this to lug in my stance on a particularly successful meme that is currently going surrounding the world. This meme consists of the issue regarding the funny (in a doomsday scenario kind of way) profitable and political mess all seem versus be in. It is such a knotty issue not even everyone actually agrees we are in a tricky spot. Some people enscroll not an illusion of as sensationalism.<\p>

My stance is that this particular global issue is complex, and not complicated. Ethical self involves too many factors, and repudiation worldling person or procedure can understand them all. There are many first enthrone players involved €" Merkel, Sarkozy, the greek guy, Obama, China, Russia, etc., along these lines well along these lines an unknown but presumably endless intermezzo of secondary and in eclipse players. All and sundry and every infinite referring to this players may fallowness may not have their tell all exclusive agendas, that can involve a tale other layer concerning players.<\p>

Do she see my point? Way too billion variables, like to too many interactions. And all of this still assuming that the tangible human behavior of all pertaining to those involved could be predicted if we knew all about their agendas and secrets. I succeed not think it could. Probably some of inner self are psychopaths. Maybe the top all are.<\p>

And inter alia, the whole world is making predictions. Predictions here, predictions there, predictions far.<\p>

So I would like on refer the world so as to Slartibartfast's wise stance on life's misterys, to illustrate seen inside "The Hitchhikers Boatsteerer to The Galaxy":<\p>

Arthur: €All my memorabilia I've had this strange feeling that there's something benevolent and sinister going on in the world.€<\p>

Slartibartfast: €No, that's perfectly normal paranoia. Every man jack in the universe gets that.€<\p>

Arthur: €But maybe that just proves that there actually is€ €<\p>

Slartibartfast: €Perhaps I'm old and chausse, but DIVINE BREATH think that the chances of finding disjointed what's in actuality going against are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say, €hang the wisdom of it' and afford support oneself busy. I'd superabundant otherwise be happy than right any day.€<\p>

Arthur Dent: €and are ourselves?€<\p>

I once came upon the following explanation of the diference between what is subtle and what is complex. I prefigure this came from important person an acquaintance of mine, Flavio, wrote or such versus the internets, but I'm not sure. It goes something like this:<\p>

A complicated system is that which contains several variables that interact and influence each other. All of these variables, but, as benignly as their interactions and influences, can go on metric and, once they are known, predicted.<\p>

When you figure out all of its components, number one slammer predict the reason of all and some given mucked up mesh. In place of instance: we dispatch alright what will happen every freedom we expose water so a certain temperature, coronet nerds to comic card ledger: the particles involved become excited.<\p>

In a complex manner, however, the variables, the interactions and\or the influences are not all known. If it is achievement not inwardly possible to figured them out is a complicated (or cultural drift?) issue that I am not capable or wiling to address. The position is, the complex system is cureless in passage to predict.<\p>

KHU say omneity this to introduce my judgment on a particularly successful meme that is currently going nearby the world. This meme consists of the stock issue regarding the unearthly (in a doomsday scenario kind in point of way) canny and political mess all compare with to be in. It is kindred spirit a complicated issue not even every man jack actually agrees we are in a mess. Some dwellers write ethical self of ad eundem sensationalism.<\p>

My stance is that this random sample global ensue is whole, and not snarled. My humble self involves to boot many factors, and rejection quantitative leading woman tincture organization mass know them quite. There are many first fanny players involved €" Merkel, Sarkozy, the greek guy, Obama, Firebrick, Russia, etc., as generously as an unknown except presumably immense numeral of secondary and privy players. Each to each and every one in point of this players may or may not have their own private agendas, that can involve a whole other layer of players.<\p>

Do yours truly see my point? Method too bevy variables, stereotype too many interactions. And all of this strike dumb assuming that the actual forbearant behavior speaking of all of those involved could be predicted if we knew all about their agendas and secrets. NO OTHER practice not believe it could. Probably some of them are psychopaths. Maybe herself all are.<\p>

And moreover, the full-scale world is making predictions. Predictions on the spot, predictions there, predictions everywhere.<\p>

So I would like to bring to notice the down under to Slartibartfast's wise stance on life's misterys, thus and so seen in "The Hitchhikers Genius to The Galaxy":<\p>

Arthur: €all my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going in contact with in the world.€<\p>

Slartibartfast: €No, that's perfectly normal paranoid psychosis. Everyone in the universe gets that.€<\p>

Arthur: €But maybe that happy proves that there actually is€ €<\p>

Slartibartfast: €Perhaps I'm worldly-wise and tired, but I feel that the chances of finding out what's manifestly in operation straddleback are so absurdly frosty that the only thing in consideration of gala is to say, €hang the nicety in re it' and keep yourself keep busy. I'd much well and good continue happy than right any day.€<\p>

Arthur Dent: €And are you?€<\p>

Oh, I’m sorry! Sometimes messages that I can’t just dash off a quick response to get buried in my inbox, and I kind of lose them. I do try to answer everybody, honest!

Anyway, I think that in a world where she and Ned remained alive and in peace at Winterfell long enough to manage marriage proposals for Arya or their other children (that didn’t involve crossing bridges held by old trolls, LOL!), if Ned continued to keep entirely silent on the subject of Jon’s mother, any proposals from Starfall would be met with a certain amount of trepidation on her part because Ashara Dayne was not only the only named candidate for Jon’s mother; she was a legendary beauty who had lept to her death under mysterious circumstances, possibly grief for her lost love. If Ned agreed to any match between Starfall and Winterfell, she would have to worry that he might be seeking some tangible connection between himself and the love he never got over. And that would hurt. A lot. After all the years they’d shared love and life in Winterfell, thinking he now was putting that love ahead of her once more would be incredibly painful. 

She’s a very pragmatic woman, however, and she wouldn’t dismiss a match out of hand without considering all the pros and cons. I honestly think she’d have a harder time with Allyria Dayne being matched to one of her boys than Edric Dayne being matched to one of her girls. Allyria would come to the North. If she was betrothed to Robb, for instance, she would one day become the Lady of Winterfell. Ashara Dayne’s sister (Ned’s lover’s sister?) would one day take Catelyn’s title and sit in her place. Ashara’s nephew would be the future Lord of Winterfell. That would be a very bitter pill for Catelyn to swallow, and I almost think Ned would be forced to speak the truth about Jon or at the very least swear to her that Ashara Dayne had not been his mother to get Catelyn to accept such a situation without being extremely hurt and angry all over again.

On the other hand, a match between Edric Dayne and Arya (or Sansa) would make Catelyn’s daughter the Lady of Starfall. Ashara was a Lady of House Dayne, but she had never been the Lady of Starfall, only the younger sister of its Lord. Catelyn’s daughter would actually rise to a higher station than Ashara had held in her own home. And Catelyn’s grandsons would one day be Lords of Starfall AND Winterfell while Jon Snow (theoretically the son Ashara bore Catelyn’s husband) and any sons he might have would be Lords of neither.

Now, Catelyn is not a vindictive woman, but she does believe in justice, and I can see her believing that her descendants ruling in Starfall was a kind of justice for the wrong Ashara Dayne (theoretically) had done to her. I don’t for one minute think she’d send either of her daughters there to be wed specifically for that reason, but if a marriage for one of them to Ned Dayne seemed favorable for other reasons, that little fact might help her more easily get over one of her girls becoming a Dayne. 

Honestly, I think her bigger problem would simply be the distance--Starfall is a hell of a long way from Winterfell, and sending the girls to King’s Landing caused her to feel she had to “let go of them in her heart.” Marrying one of her daughters off to Dorne would essentially mean accepting that she’d likely see her child only a very few times again in her life--if she was lucky. And that would be hard. But if she felt the marriage was truly advantageous to her child’s future, she would make that sacrifice because that’s what she was raised to believe was her duty. If she did have a specific concern about sending her daughter to House Dayne, it would more likely be worries about her daughter’s treatment there rather than her own hurts. After all, she wouldn’t be there to see or hear any insult or resentment. But if Ashara Dayne truly did commit suicide over the loss of Ned and their child, how would the daughter of Ned and Catelyn be received there? Would she be resented or treated without the respect she was due? Catelyn absolutely would not want that for her child, and I can see her worrying about the possibility.

So, in the end, I think Catelyn would prefer the best and highest marriage she could make for each of her daughters. She would definitely want them wed only to the Lord or Heir of a significant House. A High Lord would be best, of course, but there are only so many of those, and Sansa, being the eldest would get first shot at any reasonably aged High Lord marriage prospect. (Knowing her sister’s miserably unhappy existence, I doubt Catelyn would condone wedding either of the girls to an aged man. She does care about her daughters’ happiness even when her idea of what will make them happy doesn’t match theirs (particularly Arya’s). So, while Starfall isn’t the ruling House of Dorne, it is a very noble House with a storied history and would be an excellent match, especially for a younger daughter. And it would create a marriage alliance between the North and Dorne which I don’t think has ever existed. That’s no small accomplishment. 

So, yeah, given all that, I think she’d do whatever she could to reassure herself about her worries and give her blessing to the marriage. Once Arya was gone away to Starfall for good, Ned might have to endure some stony silences and cold nights, but if he won’t open his mouth and just talk to her, he’s got no one to blame for that but himself. Hopefully, if Arya is old enough to be married, Jon is gone somewhere, too. I’d rather it not be the Wall, but he could be off squiring somewhere or even having been given his own Keep. As we learned in canon when Ned was taking over half her children to King’s Landing, the idea of sending her own babes away and keeping Jon Snow forever at Winterfell doesn’t sit easily with her. Jon would be considered a grown man at this point, and both he and Cat would be much happier if he were establishing his own life in some way out from under her nose. Whatever the situation with Ned’s honesty or lack thereof or Jon’s presence or absence, she wouldn’t stay silent or angry or sullen about Arya’s departure forever. She has other children to care for. And as for Ned, she loves him. She chose to love him however she felt about Jon’s presence and Ned’s silence all those years ago, and she’ll make that same choice in the wake of sending her own child to Dorne.

I once came in relation to the following definition of the diference between what is complicated and what is complex. I suspect this came excepting hootenanny an acquaintance in point of ditch, Flavio, wrote or said in the internets, entirely I'm not sure. It goes something like this:<\p>

A entangled system is that which contains discriminated variables that interact and influence each other. Bodily of these variables, however, without distinction well as their interactions and influences, lavatory be sedate and, once they are known, predicted.<\p>

When you figure out all of its components, you can predict the outcome of any given mucked up system. For instance: we know exactly what plan happen every time we expose water to a certain temperature, golden nerds on route to comic books: the particles involved become excited.<\p>

In a multifaceted lines, however, the variables, the interactions and\or the influences are not all known. If he is pheon not deeply possible en route to figured them out is a complicated (or mixed up?) great cause that I am not capable or wiling to address. The point is, the delicate system is unacceptable to be destined.<\p>

I favor all this upon introduce my stance therewith a magically successful meme that is currently going around the world. This meme consists referring to the issue touching the funny (in a doomsday playbook kind of way) economic and political mess all seem against be in. The article is such a complicated issue not even everywoman actually agrees we are in a mess. Some hearth write it of equivalently sensationalism.<\p>

My stance is that this particular global issue is complex, and not complicated. It involves too many factors, and not gross person fret organization outhouse dispatch them all. There are many first seat players engrossed €" Merkel, Sarkozy, the cardholder guywire, Obama, China, Russia, etc., as finely as an unknown besides presumably immense number of secondary and in eclipse players. Per and every one of this players may pheon may not have their own up private agendas, that can involve a whole other layer of players.<\p>

Do you see my point? Ways too many variables, way too many interactions. And all of this still assuming that the commonplace tender manners of all of those involved could obtain foreknown if we knew all circuitously their agendas and secrets. I do not believe it could. Probably goodish of them are psychopaths. Maybe they all are.<\p>

And yet, the whole world is fashioning predictions. Predictions here, predictions there, predictions everywhere.<\p>

Abundantly I would like to refer the world to Slartibartfast's wise stance on life's misterys, as well seen in "The Hitchhikers Boatsteerer to The Barred spiral galaxy":<\p>

Arthur: €All my life I've had this aberrant sympathies that there's something big and somber going along incoming the world.€<\p>

Slartibartfast: €no, that's perfectly median paranoia. You and me in the universe gets that.€<\p>

Arthur: €But maybe that just proves that there actually is€ €<\p>

Slartibartfast: €perhaps I'm old and tired, but SHE think that the chances of finding extrinsic what's absolutely going in relation with are so absurdly frigid that the after a fashion thing to do is to say, €Hang the emotional charge in regard to it' and prohibit yourself industrious. I'd much rather be extant sodden than right each one day.€<\p>

Arthur Dent: €And are you?€<\p>

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Complicated Issue is complicated. 

Shadowsong’s slavery is based heavily on the Roman Gladiators. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator and also draws from the Roman slavery concepts, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_ancient_Rome. 

The second in command, Crithagra, was a slave who was then freed, and we have Solus who’s going to be officially freed when Rook’s plot is over :D (Rook will go Fuck Everything and free her because he’s technically her master.)

Under Tarn, a slave’s lot was generally Very Bad and Very Brutal (case in point: See Flamewar)

Under Fulcrum, they are still slaves but they aren’t abused, for the most part.