“and “ready to resume his duties” or even just “alive and well” only a few days after being shot in the head? Beats me; you’d think the person concerned would at least have a thumping headache. One imagines a lot of people might be more than a bit surprised to hear news of this sort; it’s nearly as strange as hearing that someone has risen from the dead after being killed quite thoroughly by crucifixion, isn’t it? Sort of hard to be blasé about, eh? For others, though, especially those w...hose lives have lately been so profoundly disrupted, one more odd thing just slips past without attracting too much sceptical attention. ***** Hair never grew back over the place on McDonald’s skull where the bullet entered. He wore the bald patch like a badge of courage, and his quirky refusal to have plastic surgeons do anything about it endeared him still further to followers amazed to see him alive at all. In later years, when things became more difficult and people began to be disenchanted with his leadership, the stigma served as a very useful reminder to the public of the potential disaster his absence from public life could be.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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