Composure while risking torture is not that valuable a skill in most professions in most countries. It is possible to call and trade with inevitables. The many dead of the Blackridge Academy class of 4705 in fact managed to escape Hell, if only because their killer summoned a daemon which ate the victims' souls. (You should not summon a daemon to eat people's souls. If you're reading this book and tempted, you should talk to a holy priest. If necessary, the Final Blade is not evil.) Taldor is doing badly but not as badly as the Thrunes say. It is not rare for women and men to both enjoy sex, if the man is considerate. Osirion does not feed failed seminary students to crocodiles.
The author continues in this vein for a while. One gets the feeling that this is a bit of a dumping-ground for claims which did not fit in the rest of the book.