Subject: It occurs to me...
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Posted on: 2015-08-25 12:49:00 UTC

... that this is going to lead to another 'can I ask you guys to be more forthcoming with that sort of thing' post, isn't it? So I'll 'spell out' what I meant by my closing comment:

Beating people up is bad. Having DIA agents who beat people up is very bad. Saying that they will be punished/kicked out for it is good. Giving writers the impression that the DIA are prone to beating people up is bad. Giving agents the impression that the DIA are prone to beating people up is very bad.

The DIA originally existed for one reason: to bring in agents who had snapped and were a danger to themselves and their colleagues. When I wrote Crashing Down, that expanded to include, y'know, fighting off invading armies and arresting people who were (apparently) threatening to attack HQ. As I recall, they didn't even have proper cells then.

They've been creeping towards being the DIS Mark 2 ever since. Now we have a DIA who read people's emails, (some of) whose members think it's acceptable behaviour to publicly beat agents unconscious... yeah, no, I don't like that.

hS

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