[Errigal]

Speaking for myself, I find Stirpes a valuable resource. To be able to ask people from across Europe questions, and to sit in on debates like the current thread on ex-Yugoslavia and Austro-Hungary is fascinating. Being able to get things straight from the horse’s mouth is very rare.

If you feel that restricting membership is the way ahead then so be it; even if I don’t make the cut for geographic or religious reasons. I’d wish you good luck and be on my way. I have often thought of metaphors similar to your gangrene example when I wonder how to move political and cultural thinking forward.

Perhaps the answer is a new statement of principles.