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  "thread": {
    "id": 1796,
    "subject": "Dorcas as outcast",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "1999-09-29T09:45:00+00:00",
    "last": "1999-09-29T09:45:00+00:00"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0028-0138@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Tony Ellis",
        "address": "tony.ellis at futurenet.co.uk"
      },
      "date": "1999-09-29T09:45:00+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Re: Dorcas as outcast",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
      "blocks": [
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "Carlton Greene wrote:\nHas 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,"
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Right culture, wrong tradition. The ancient Greek slingers scratched \"strike\" on\ntheir lead shot in the hope that it would do just that. I may be wrong, but I\nthink there's also a reference to this practice in one of the Latro books too."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
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