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  "thread": {
    "id": 138,
    "subject": "Track-talk",
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    "first": "1997-08-09T13:08:32+00:00",
    "last": "1997-08-09T13:08:32+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0003-0212@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Alice Turner",
        "address": "al at interport.net"
      },
      "date": "1997-08-09T13:08:32+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Track-talk",
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          "text": "Those names are NOT Cheyenne, Oneida or Lakota. I have put a query in for\nInuit. Call me nuts, and it will probably lead to nothing, but there's\nsomething quite exhilarating about a webhunt that takes you into hitherto\nunknown places---the web is still very poorly mapped despite all those\nsearch engines, and judging from the links, one site frequently knoweth not\nof another similar one. The quirkiness of homepages is another factor: I\ngot the Cheyenne info not from an official or university site but from a\nchatty homepage. Who would have thought that one site is devoted to\naboriginal languages from all over the world, while another called the\nArctic Circle links Siberia, Iceland etc. to the Inuit cultures? Whee!\n\nmantis,\nBeware the difference between robots and cyborgs; the Min are properly\ncyborgs, while Roller, Bug and Dragon are robots. While you make a good\npoint about the Min  not always recognizing true humans, there's the nasty\nstaff, which by pulp convention (as shown by the behavior of the Min) can\nbe held only by a true human. And what about all my other little points on\nthe subject?---I'm sure I can dredge up more.\n\nI think that all your observations on the Min are pretty much true. This\nwhole episode is so pulpy that it really has to be judged in pulp terms,\nwith all those ancient tropes. It's kind of fun, it adds liveliness to the\nstory as a whole, it's needed as part of the \"what is a man?\" exploration,\nbut what you see is what you get there. It gives Cutthroat a chance to make\ndecisions and act as a leader; it also wounds him, probably unto death\nunless the Sleighers revive him as they did Fishcatcher. \n\nA couple of things the Britannica says about mink: \"Few mammals are as\nvoracious and bloodthirsty...Mink are evil-smelling creatures, the stench\nbeing produced by anal glands [cousin to skunk]\" They do pair off. \"The\nfemale is of a savage disposition, and in captivity she often kills her\nyoung when she becomes excited.\" There used to be a very large species, but\nit became extinct about 1860. Well, so much for abuse and murder! Cim is\nbrown, not black btw.\n\nPatrick, I hope your wife is feeling better. Tell her we're waiting for her\nquestions in the Whorl!\n\n-alga-"
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