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Was Ascher telling the truth?
Arjan:
Checks and balances do work actually. If you imagine a police corpse that can execute people on the spot without a seperate juridical system, much oversight, courts of appeal etc. you can imagine the difference. It might be more effective in fighting crime until it gets corrupted beyond repair. All those safeguards have a reason.
wardenferry419:
The corruption that we have seen within the wardens and WC has been isolated and individualistic and not systemic.
We have DuMorne, status unknown-posssibly retired warden, trying to create thug squad and doing black magic.
We have Morgan, hardcore and jaded but still toeing the line.
We have Peabody, a mind-corrupting mole.
We have Luccio, loyal but vulnerable in new body.
Finally, there is Cristos, suspect but proven.
Avernite:
--- Quote from: wardenferry419 on December 16, 2017, 01:40:40 PM ---The corruption that we have seen within the wardens and WC has been isolated and individualistic and not systemic.
We have DuMorne, status unknown-posssibly retired warden, trying to create thug squad and doing black magic.
We have Morgan, hardcore and jaded but still toeing the line.
We have Peabody, a mind-corrupting mole.
We have Luccio, loyal but vulnerable in new body.
Finally, there is Cristos, suspect but proven.
--- End quote ---
But the reason Cristos 'had to be' chosen was because of systemic decay in the WC involving power blocks colliding between West and the rest.
wardenferry419:
Within any large group, sub-groups will develop. These sub-groups will try to exercise power and influence over other sub-groups or the group entire. Does not mean that one or all sub-groups are corrupt. Corruption comes from the misuse of power not from its uneven flow or distribution.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: wardenferry419 on December 16, 2017, 01:40:40 PM ---The corruption that we have seen within the wardens and WC has been isolated and individualistic and not systemic.
We have DuMorne, status unknown-posssibly retired warden, trying to create thug squad and doing black magic.
We have Morgan, hardcore and jaded but still toeing the line.
We have Peabody, a mind-corrupting mole.
We have Luccio, loyal but vulnerable in new body.
Finally, there is Cristos, suspect but proven.
--- End quote ---
But Harry distanced himself from council politics so there is a lot we do not know.
But Jim created a lot of room for himself to make parts of the wardens, say their regional in some far away country, as corrupt as he needs for story purposes.
Silent regional deviations from normal warden practices are also quite possible.
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