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    "source": "https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/860",
    "note": "Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright in each message remains with the person who wrote it.  Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact.",
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  "archive": "urth",
  "thread": {
    "id": 860,
    "subject": "Digest urth.v015.n002",
    "messages": 2,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "1998-06-25T11:47:17+00:00",
    "last": "1998-06-25T11:51:01+00:00"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0015-0019@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Peter Cash",
        "address": "cash at rsn.hp.com"
      },
      "date": "1998-06-25T11:47:17+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Re: Digest urth.v015.n002",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
      "blocks": [
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "alga wrote:\n\nWith due respect, Sarge, sir, this becomes a ridiculous argument, similar to\nthat of science-meister scolex. The two of you are replacing Wolfe's text\nwith text of your own, yours involving an elaborate background for Marsch\nand his for Aunt Jeanine. There a word for that, and it isn't analysis, it's\nfan fiction (okay, two words)."
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Like scolex! I am crushed. But not dissuaded! \n\nI fail to see how my central contention that Marsch killed V.R.T. is\n\"ridiculous\" or involves making up text. Indeed, who killed whom seems\nto have intentionally been left ambiguous by the Author; I fail to see\nwhy one conjecture is innately more ridiculous than the other. True, my\n\"spy story\" involves some ...er...construction on my part--you may\nsuggest a more elegant explanation of Marsch's motivations, if you like.\nI would welcome it."
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 2,
          "text": "And what color are alga's eyes?"
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "Mud-colored. And I must warn you, sir, that fraternization between ranks is\ninappropriate behavior."
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Since you are a civilian, madam, that is hardly relevant. And the\nSergeant is very fond of mud. \n\nSgt. Rock"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0015-0020@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Peter Cash",
        "address": "cash at rsn.hp.com"
      },
      "date": "1998-06-25T11:51:01+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Re: Digest urth.v015.n002",
      "in_reply_to": "<urth-v0015-0019@digest.urth.net>",
      "reply_link": "subject",
      "blocks": [
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "Rostrum wrote:\nDoes anyone know where the word/name \"Forlesen\" comes from?  Don't tell me\nWolfe made it up or I shall be thoroughly disillusioned."
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Well, it's very close to the German \"Vorlesen\", which means to recite or\nread aloud. I suppose maybe Wolfe thinks this is a good story to read to\nthe kids at night?\n\nSgt. Rock"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
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