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  "thread": {
    "id": 1795,
    "subject": "Dorcas as outcast?",
    "messages": 3,
    "voices": 3,
    "first": "1999-09-28T12:28:14+00:00",
    "last": "1999-09-28T14:34:26+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0028-0135@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Greene, Carlton",
        "address": "cgreene2 at hunton.com"
      },
      "date": "1999-09-28T14:34:26+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Dorcas as outcast?",
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          "text": "Has anyone discussed the message \"strike\" imprinted on the lead shot that\nDorcas vomits up in III?  It reminded me of the greek ritual of ostracism,\nwhere people mark symbols on a piece of pottery to indicate their vote for\nor against banishment.  Is it possible that the word represents a judgment\nof some sort?  If so, that might explain the dreams Dorcas reports in which\nshe is shopping and realizes that everyone looks upon her with hate --  I\nthink she even reports that the looks of the people express the idea that\nshe has no right to be there among them, and is something unclean."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0028-0136@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Kuhlmann, Kurt",
        "address": "kurt.kuhlmann at qwest.com"
      },
      "date": "1999-09-28T13:09:40+00:00",
      "subject": "RE: (urth) Dorcas as outcast?",
      "in_reply_to": "<urth-v0028-0135@digest.urth.net>",
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          "text": "I took it as simply the same thing as painting \"Dear Adolf\" on a bomb during\nWWII -- the lead shot is inscribed with the word \"strike\" to help send it on\nits way and make it a more effective missile.\n\nIn other words, the lead shot wasn't specifically intended for Dorcas.  It\nwas simply sling-stone ammunition that was also handy for weighting corpses\nbefore throwing them in the lake."
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "-----Original Message-----\nFrom: Greene, Carlton [mailto:CGreene2 at hunton.com]\nSent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 12:34 PM\nTo: urth at lists.best.com\nSubject: (urth) Dorcas as outcast?\n\n\nHas anyone discussed the message \"strike\" imprinted on the \nlead shot that\nDorcas vomits up in III?  It reminded me of the greek ritual \nof ostracism,\nwhere people mark symbols on a piece of pottery to indicate \ntheir vote for\nor against banishment.  Is it possible that the word \nrepresents a judgment\nof some sort?  If so, that might explain the dreams Dorcas \nreports in which\nshe is shopping and realizes that everyone looks upon her \nwith hate --  I\nthink she even reports that the looks of the people express \nthe idea that\nshe has no right to be there among them, and is something unclean.\n\nand other works"
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    },
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0028-0137@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Ron Hale-Evans",
        "address": "rwhe at apocalypse.org"
      },
      "date": "1999-09-28T12:28:14+00:00",
      "subject": "RE: (urth) Dorcas as outcast?",
      "in_reply_to": "<urth-v0028-0136@digest.urth.net>",
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      "blocks": [
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          "depth": 1,
          "text": "At 01:09 PM 9/28/99 -0600, you wrote:\nI took it as simply the same thing as painting \"Dear Adolf\" on a bomb during\nWWII -- the lead shot is inscribed with the word \"strike\" to help send it on\nits way and make it a more effective missile.\n\nIn other words, the lead shot wasn't specifically intended for Dorcas.  It\nwas simply sling-stone ammunition that was also handy for weighting corpses\nbefore throwing them in the lake."
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Or perhaps it was a brand name, or a maker's mark.\n\nGreetings, all -- new to the list.\n\nRon H-E"
        },
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          "kind": "sig",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Ron Hale-Evans: rwhe at apocalypse.org  ... <http://www.apocalypse.org/~rwhe/>\nCenter for Ludic Synergy:        <http://www.ludism.org/>\nKennexions GBG artgame:          <http://kennexions.ludism.org/>\nHexagram-8 I Ching Mailing List: <http://www.apocalypse.org/~rwhe/hex8.html>\nPositive Revolution FAQ:         <http://www.ludism.org/posrev/>"
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