Fwd: Murder Most Foul

[Thomas Eckhardt]

Am 25.06.2021 um 21:14 schrieb Joseph Tracy:

> This last line seems to me a  dual reference first to the house of the rising sun in the blues song and the implication that the house of democracy will become a house of whoredom; and second to the Flag with the rising sun that symbolized   the rise of fascism for Kenndy, who fought in the Pacific.  Fascism requires  blood sacrifice, hence an altar, and what is more fascist than a bllody coup against a popular leader and a takeover by the secret police and capitalists.

I think the line first and foremost describes a ritual sacrifice. The 
reference to "House of the Rising Sun" may also point to New Orleans as 
one of the places where the crime was hatched and Jim Garrison's 
investigation took place. The "democracy as a whorehouse" and "rise of 
fascism" reading I find too far-fetched.

Thank you, Joseph, and welcome back.