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  "thread": {
    "id": 4635,
    "subject": "Witches' Function",
    "messages": 2,
    "voices": 2,
    "first": "2006-05-30T07:23:10+00:00",
    "last": "2006-05-30T14:33:56+00:00"
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    {
      "message_id": "<BAY103-F8427811D8967202CC642ED7920@phx.gbl>",
      "from": {
        "name": "b sharp",
        "address": "bsharporflat at hotmail.com"
      },
      "date": "2006-05-30T07:23:10+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Witches' Function",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
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          "text": "Macronaut two great recent posts! (IMHO).\n\nYou say:"
        },
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          "depth": 1,
          "text": "I think this provides some support for the idea of the Witches as \nbiologists, though I think some of >the other references put forward as \nevidence that the Witches are genetic engineers are less >convincing.  \nStill -- if you want to go down this path, a couple of thoughts:"
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          "text": "1) Master Gurloes says that the witches are an unpleasant place to \nexperience sex, but that they >willingly serve this function (even for the \ndespised torturers).  Why?  Perhaps to collect genetic >material.\n2) for all those man-beast hybrids out there, the Witches' tower is located \nconviently close to the >Beast Tower.\n3) Merryn is described as someone who is beautiful but in a way that \nsuggests sickness or illness."
        },
        {
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          "depth": 0,
          "text": "I think you missed this part of my post:"
        },
        {
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          "text": "Master Gurloes tells that he received his introduction to sex from the \nwitches but hints that it isn't such a pleasant experience and sends \nSeverian instead to the House Azure.  Severian later notes that the \ntorturers try to send only pre-pubescent boys to visit the witches and the \nolder apprentices tell terrible stories and even the bravest boys are \nafraid to go.  The unpleasant aspect is not explained but perhaps they are \ntreated like sample donors.  Perhaps forced to perform again and again and \nagain...ouch."
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          "text": "Which only proves great minds think alike?   LOL! sorry.\n\nI agree completely regarding the production of man-beasts and Merryn's \ndiseased look from engaging in such unhealthy practices.  Please see my post \ncalled Naming Rule 2a.\n\nRegarding your continued puzzlement on what capacity the witches serve the \nautarch I can only say What?  Isn't cloning, bloodstream sharing technology, \nman-beast production, genetic experimentation and production of alzabo-like \npharmacon enough?  How ungrateful!\n\n-bsharp"
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    {
      "message_id": "<20060530143356.96026.qmail@web51106.mail.yahoo.com>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Macronaut",
        "address": "macronaut at yahoo.com"
      },
      "date": "2006-05-30T14:33:56+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Witches' Function",
      "in_reply_to": "<BAY103-F8427811D8967202CC642ED7920@phx.gbl>",
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          "text": "B Sharp wrote:\nI think you missed this part of my post:"
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          "text": "Master Gurloes tells that he received his\nintroduction to sex from the \nwitches but hints that it isn't such a pleasant\nexperience and sends \nSeverian instead to the House Azure.  Severian\nlater notes that the \ntorturers try to send only pre-pubescent boys to\nvisit the witches and the \nolder apprentices tell terrible stories and even\nthe bravest boys are \nafraid to go.  The unpleasant aspect is not\nexplained but perhaps they are \ntreated like sample donors.  Perhaps forced to\nperform again and again and \nagain...ouch."
        },
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          "kind": "text",
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          "text": "Oops -- sorry for missing the sperm donor stuff.  \n\nMacronaut"
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