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  "thread": {
    "id": 2119,
    "subject": "Evil in The Ziggurat",
    "messages": 1,
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    "first": "2000-02-06T13:18:15+00:00",
    "last": "2000-02-06T13:18:15+00:00"
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  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0028-0779@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Nicholas Gevers",
        "address": "vermoulian at yahoo.com"
      },
      "date": "2000-02-06T13:18:15+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Evil in The Ziggurat",
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          "text": "On Alex's last posting, two points:\n\n1) Wolfe's view of the nature of an all-female society\nis best reflected in his depiction of Trivigaunte in\nLONG SUN: they haven't done away with men, but they've\nenslaved them, and their pervasive militarization\nindicates both how much they still resemble males and\nthe unnatural lengths they must go to to defend their\ngender \"utopia\".\n\n2) I don't maintain that Emery is evil. On the\ncontrary: he is perfectly capable of empathy and other\nforms of goodness, like most other sinners. The road\nto hell is proverbially paved with good intentions.\nEmery's tragedy, like that of some other protagonists\nin ST, is his failure to do good despite his high\ndegree of moral awareness."
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