I apologise for coming belatedly to this conversation; I suppose my reasons for having not seen it until this morning are indicative of much of the problem: most of us are embedded in 'respectable' cover within the life of the regime we seek to subvert, and that distracts us from the thing we say we wish to accomplish.
I do think a conversation about 'recruitment' is overdue. I do not, however, mean recruitment to our core group. That's far too risky. The one thing I think we might learn from this Dogstar group is the way they appear to organise themselves in order to frustrate MLE's ability to bring down the whole when one cell or another falls.
You do, however, have a point in suggesting that we need more people on our side. Indeed, if we had a way to turn wizards who have served the regime, but who could now be brought to stand against it, it would be something. I suppose the question is whether we need not only to win the consciences of those people away from unquestioning allegiance to the Protectorate but also to organise them and incorporate them into some large, structured movement we would direct.
That has not been our intention heretofore, though our relationship with the group in Sherwood might suggest a structure we could develop.
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Date: 2011-09-11 02:18 pm (UTC)I do think a conversation about 'recruitment' is overdue. I do not, however, mean recruitment to our core group. That's far too risky. The one thing I think we might learn from this Dogstar group is the way they appear to organise themselves in order to frustrate MLE's ability to bring down the whole when one cell or another falls.
You do, however, have a point in suggesting that we need more people on our side. Indeed, if we had a way to turn wizards who have served the regime, but who could now be brought to stand against it, it would be something. I suppose the question is whether we need not only to win the consciences of those people away from unquestioning allegiance to the Protectorate but also to organise them and incorporate them into some large, structured movement we would direct.
That has not been our intention heretofore, though our relationship with the group in Sherwood might suggest a structure we could develop.