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Originally Posted by Thinlo
So were getting back to idolising known innocents? It's something I dislike. While you can argue that their opinions are certainly not wolvish ones or ploys, their ideas aren't any better only because they're known innocents... the village should not leave thinking to only a few people or trust the known innocents' judgement simply because they're innocent.
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I certainly don't think we should stop thinking! I intend to analyse a few people I myself suspect - Lalaith and Brinniel - whom neither Nogrod nor Rikae suspect (I think). But the thing to bear in mind is that any analysis could be Faithful EXCEPT the analysis of the known innocents. You may call it idolizing to use this, but I call it common sense. If everybody were forced to vote from a shortlist selected by the known innocents, all of us - wolves included - would have to vote based on what is definitely innocent knowledge.
The problem with this is that the Faithful can manipulate the shortlist if one member is Faithful and the rest are not, but I think this makes them easier to catch afterwards.
The size of the shortlist must also be considered. We are 18, of whom 2 are known innocents, one is a known Tar-Miriel, and four are wolves.
This means 4/15 of the people who could be on a shortlist are wolves. About a quarter, so we'd have to have four people on the list for a reasonable chance of getting at least 1 wolf on it. I wonder if that would work? Could the wolves manipulate such a list with ease or not?