On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Redneck Gaijin wrote:

On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Redneck Gaijin wrote:

	Least Considerate?  Most Violent?  Do you remember a certain Tendo
Akane here?
	Shampoo is admittedly pushy, manipulative, and ruthless; but I'd
consider outright abuse more irritating personally.

True, but Akane isn't out to kill her rivals, and she has a rudimentary
sense of fair play.

Rudimentry sense of fair play.... BWAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH!!!!!
Get with the program, she's as bad or worse then all the others (save
Kodachi, she reaches new heights of unfair play).
The girls are all horrid for fair play.
As for the killing rivals stuff, I could get into a huge tirate, but I
won't since you're right in this comparison.  That is one of Akane's
points.

Furthermore, as has been hashed to death in the Bitter End flames, Akane is
***NOT*** as violent as you seem to think. 

No but she can be at times, although not that bad in my opinion.

Furthermore, if Ranma did marry Shampoo, he would have to go back to China
and become a househusband while Shampoo led the Amazons on to glory. Not the
preferred career plan for a martial artist.

	Househusband?  Not nessesarily.  He'd probably be encouraged to do
battle and train others... just so long as he remembered who's in charge.
I doubt that joketsuzoku men are slaves in any case, and the
warrior-consort of a matriarch probably has more pull than most.

Which brings to mind the question: If this is so, why is Mousse the only
male Amazon we know about?

Because he's the only guy chasing after Shampoo.  Why, because he's a
homicial nut with little to no honor that willingly attacks guys even
close to Shampoo.  Gee, no wonder no one else tries for Shampoo, they
actually like to live and it isn't worth risking Mousse.

Ranma would be expected to train his kids, and maybe other kids as well, but
he would have zero say in how his life was led.

You have no evidence of this.  Even in our Patriarical societies of old
the woman did have influence, not blantent or offical but it was
definitely there.

Furthermore, Ranma has made it blatantly clear he doesn't want to marry
ANYBODY yet- something which Shampoo ignores completely.

	Does anyone (Ukyo, Kodachi, Akane, _Genma_) not ignore said fact?

Akane.

<flat look>What are you reading, or watching?  Obviously not Ranma 1/2.
Akane is just as bad as everyone else for ignoring facts.

Wade.