Wall of Nessus

Jeff Wilson · 11 Jun 2010, 16:14 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:14:34 -0500
Subject: (urth) Wall of Nessus
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On 6/11/2010 7:31 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> The flood wall theory does not explain the soldiers (either their
> presence or their location) in Severian's day.

They guard the entrances to the Wall's innards as well as serving as 
gate security, customs, etc.  Just like air bases have MPs serving as 
traffic cops despite writing tickets having nothing to do with strategic 
bombing.

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