(urth) Like a good Neighbor

[David Stockhoff]

On 11/21/2011 1:42 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> *From:* David Stockhoff <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>
> > On 11/21/2011 1:13 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> > > *From:* James Wynn mailto:crushtv at gmail.com
>
> > > > Look, Gerry, I'm willing to debate when he sees the Neighbor and 
> why.
> > > > But not without establishing that Horn has died. We simply are not
> > > going
> > > > to agree about the meaning of any portion of this scenario or 
> most of
> > > > the rest of the novel without agreement on that. Further 
> discussion is
> > > > pointless.
>
> > > Well, then it is up to you to present an explanation of the 
> long-nosed
> > > man, because as I said – and you seem to be tacitly conceding – a
> > > ‘late’ appearance by him is not easily made compatible with the
> > > hypothesis [and I’m sorry, but it *IS* only a hypothesis, one I do 
> not
> > > share] that Horn died and was replaced by him.
> > > He’s a big problem for the ‘Horn died in the pit’ theory.
>
> > In some mysterious way you refuse to reveal so that no one can prove 
> you
> > wrong.
> He *is* an obvious problem. James previously argued that he was a 
> Neighbour who replaced Horn, and that fits okay with his theory. But 
> if it can’t be that Neighbour, it must be someone else, and the 
> question is who? If it was another Neighbour, why did he leave him 
> stuck in the pit to die again? Why didn’t he say anything?

Why are those problems? Did you read anything I proposed on those topics?
>
> > > How do you know which Neighbor it was? Why do you assume the Neighbor
> > > who resurrected him is no longer also still a non-Horn Neighbor?
> I think James is proposing that a Neighbour’s spirit went into him, 
> presumably rendering that particular Neighbour hors de combat.

Presumably, yes. Based on .... ?