Dr. Zachary Smith
9/27/2010 5:02:00 PM
On Sep 26, 7:21 pm, "Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)"
<seaw...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:
> Suzanne Blom wrote:
> > On 9/26/2010 11:19 AM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:
> >> Joe Snodgrass wrote:
> >>> How many movies can you think of a movie with allusions to the
> >>> stigmata, ie. any human physical imperfection representing an evil
> >>> nature? (Please, no sad horror movies named "Stigmata.")
>
> >> This is an interesting intepretation, you see, because I remember
> >> "stigmata" as being a HOLY mark. For instance, IIRC Padre Pio supposedly
> >> bore the stigmata -- the wounds equivalent to those borne by Christ. His
> >> hands and feet were said to have wounds in them as though nails had been
> >> driven through them, he had a cut in his side as though from a spear,
> >> etc. They didn't symbolize that the Padre was supposedly evil but rather
> >> the opposite, that he was especially blessed.
>
> > Yes.
> > Still, I remember being freaked out by Dick Tracy cartoons because it
> > was really clear that the bad guys were all physically marked as
> > different in some way--a lot like I am.
>
> Well, except their physical marks reflected their names, which I
> presume isn't the case with you.
How do you know she doesn't have an enormous blom someplace?
(Sorry Suzanne - couldn't resist...)