User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-5135631-20120707164216/@comment-3472264-20120715204459

@Anon It's quite clear that you don't. Have you ever heard the phrase "Power corrupts"? I'm going to go out on a limb and assume you haven't. If everyone who knew how to shout was allowed to do whatever they wanted with the shout those people would become corrupt and would easily be able use the shout to force a tyranical rule on the people of Tamriel. Once again it's sort of like the reason NASCAR uses restrictor plates at Daytona and Talladega, it prevents people from getting hurt.