Janie, Rap can't be a red Herod. He has never admitted to being red, for one thing. It is amusing to me that there was a time when the very people who make states turn red on the political maps these days once went around muttering "Better dead than..." in respect to that much maligned martian hue.

Herod, of course, is way beyond Rap in terms of pure evil-doing. He had an army, where Rapaire has a gun collection. He decimated a whole generation in order to prevent the arrival of the New Truth, whereas Rapaire just kills paper targets and baby squirrels. There are many other differences, also, I am sure, which I will remark on when they come to mind...


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