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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>For some reason reason to with formatting I can't
interleave my response, so I'll have to top-post.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">> You might
as well ask why it is legitimate for merely human Horn to to
cut</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">> a
deal with the Neighbors on behalf of the whole human race. The answer
is,</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">> it
wouldn't be.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Not for humans. My assumption here was that
the Neighbours have different customs related to such agreements;
perhaps they are more communally-minded than humans. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>> HORN, the resurrected Horn, is the only being in the universe that is
100% </DIV>
<DIV>> human and 100% Neighbor.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>If your theory is true, he seems to me more
like the Manchurian Candidate in this regard!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>> He's much more of a legitimate CHRIST-figure</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>He's some kind of mystical figure all right,
although I don't recall any incidents from the Gospels in which Jesus lured
troops onto minefields, or raised vampires as terror
weapons. (Seems more like a bit of old Pas coming out to
me.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Also, he continues to worship the Outsider - how
does that fit in?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Gerry Quinn</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=crushtv@gmail.com href="mailto:crushtv@gmail.com">James Wynn</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=urth@lists.urth.net
href="mailto:urth@lists.urth.net">The Urth Mailing List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 06, 2010 7:54
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: (urth) Dionysus</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT
size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR></DIV> More coming. But I'll answer these
questions right now:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:A5059297D2A84745B534CC028F5237CF@jill type="cite">
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Gerry Quinn wrote:<BR>Also, doesn't it happen
afterwards that the Neighbours turn over Blue to Horn in return for certain
considerations, in his capacity as representative of the human race on
Blue? If Horn is really a Neighbourm how is this agreement legitimate?
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:A5059297D2A84745B534CC028F5237CF@jill type="cite">
<DIV><PRE wrap="">Roy C. Lackey wrote-
If the entity who
represented all humans was a Neighbor, not a human, then he was not a true
representative of the human race and was not qualified to speak on its
behalf.</PRE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>It is ONLY legitimate _because_ HORN
is _more_ than human. He-Pen-Sheep's people were in proximity to the
Neighbor's on that island for decades, but there was no attempt to cut that
deal. You might as well ask why it is legitimate for merely human Horn to to
cut a deal with the Neighbors on behalf of the whole human race. The answer
is, it wouldn't be. But it _would_ be if Horn were more than human and if you
understand the concept of the "Mediator" -- I already explained that this is
both an orthodox and gnostic Christian concept:<BR><I>"For there is one God,
and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.” ~Timothy
2:5</I><BR><BR>HORN, the resurrected Horn, is the only being in the universe
that is 100% human and 100% Neighbor. He's the "Neighbor-man" as He-Pen-Sheep
called him. This is why he alone can receive the planet from the hands of the
Neighbors and why he alone can make an agreement with them--perhaps the Bible
term covenant or testament better--on behalf of the humanity. <BR><BR>You
don't have to go too far _to go too far_ when comparing Severian to Jesus. But
in the case of the Rajan, it keeps slamming you in the face. He's much more of
a legitimate CHRIST-figure. Not equivalent to Christ as Aslan is, but
none-the-less.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>