"Quite simply - if you will excuse my brevity - if it wasn't for the Shadow, the male half of the True Source would not be tainted, and the Red Ajah would be out of a job. Alternatively, if it wasn't for the Dreadlords, you would be flooded out with men who could channel - you would have far too many, as they would have nowhere safe to flee to. In the first situation, you would have no purpose, and all the disgust which many feel for the Red Ajah would no longer be balanced by a feel of doing a job that needs to be done; in the second, you would have so many male channelers loose on the world that not even yours, the largest of Ajahs, would be able to handle them."

Author's note: There just isn't much to say. If anyone can think of alternative arguments, please, let me know :)
 
In Defense of the Dreadlords

Raina's Hold / Raina's Library / Raina's Library - Other People's Humour