March 2, 2013
Talk About Missions

I apologize for missing last week's post, but it could not be helped. I was away with my team on a mission. I hope no one was too worried about me. People who can contact me directly got a message explaining my absence.

Sadly I cannot tell you about the mission. I'm sure that will lead to rumours and some suspicion, but when missions deal with unclear situations I'll have to keep silent. Let me explain. Let's say there's a gifted man named George. George has been accused of doing despicable things with his gifts. If I release George's name and then it turns out the accusations are false then I have ruined George's life. We see it all the time with people and news networks.

The other reason to keep quiet about the mission is if it is about something internal to the Protectorate. Some people think total transparency is the only way to handle things but the one time that is false is when that transparency helps people get away with things because they can see people coming after them, while they're busy being non-transparent. Just something to think about until next week.

Tags: missions, news, The Protectorate, transparency.