<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span></span></div><div><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Gerry Quinn <gerry@bindweed.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> The Urth Mailing List <urth@lists.urth.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, May 22, 2012 10:53 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: (urth) Short Story 26: The HORARS of War<br> </font> </div> <br>
<br><br>From: Marc Aramini<br>> The HORARS of War<br><br>> RELIGIOUS ALLUSIONS: when the flare goes out, 2910 says, “A star in the east for<br>> men not born of women” equating the HORARS somehow with the mystical nature<br>> of Christ, referring to the Star of Bethlehem the wise men followed to the child who<br>> was both fully human and fully divine.<br><br>I
think this is overthinking a cynical joke by 2910, who "regretted the
blasphemy instantly". (It just passes the HORARs by anyway.)<br><br>- Gerry Quinn<br><br><br><br>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.<br> </div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>