Short Story 26: The HORARS of War

DAVID STOCKHOFF · 22 May 2012, 16:29 · from 2012-May.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (DAVID STOCKHOFF)
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 09:29:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Short Story 26: The HORARS of War
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> From: Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com>
>To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net> 
>Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:53 AM
>Subject: Re: (urth) Short Story 26: The HORARS of War
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>From: Marc Aramini
>> The HORARS of War
>
>> RELIGIOUS ALLUSIONS:? when the flare goes out, 2910 says, ?A star in the east for
>> men not born of women? equating the HORARS somehow with the mystical nature
>> of Christ, referring to the Star of Bethlehem the wise men followed to the child who
>> was both fully human and fully divine.
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>I
 think this is overthinking a cynical joke by 2910, who "regretted the 
blasphemy instantly".? (It just passes the HORARs by anyway.)
>
>- Gerry Quinn
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>
>I don't see how this could be overthinking. But note the Macbeth prophecy reference, which is certainly a joke, but one that is also true. It suggests 2910 is not a man by a strict definition but is a man nevertheless.
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