At 05:35 PM 4/29/97 MDT, you wrote:

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	YAAAAAIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!  Why is everyone being so mean to 
Mousse?!  I've put up with it up to now, but I just can't take it 
anymore!  Mousse is no more a homicidal nut than Ryoga, Shampoo, or 
Kodachi.  When has he ever really, seriously, tried to kill someone?!  

Actually, he is worse than all those (save maybe kodachi) because he
indangers incocents in his attacks. look at the episode where he tries to
turn Ranma into a duck for instance, he goes galavanting through a
carnaval throwing ballons filled with instant-duck-water into crowds of
childern!!! that's just plain WRONG!!! NONE of the other characters are
stupid enough and crazy enough to to something that stupid!!! Mousse
deserves all the bashing he gets.

You forgot one thing that I'm sure they are gonna counter on, Mousse wasn't
using instant duck water.  The tiger turned into a duck cause the water was
cold and the tiger was Jusekyo dunked before.  The water was just plain
water as can be seen when it hit Akane.  It was all a trick.

yeah, in that part. But remember when he was chasing Ranma through the
the carnival? He threw a bunch of balloons at Ranma, and if Ranma had just
dodged, they would have hit a bunch of kids. Ranma scooped up the kids and
leaped away, the balloons landed in a fish-catching tank. Intanstanly all
the fish truned to Ducks!!!! How's that for irrisponsible?

Really, he does that?!  What episode?  I gotta read that!
As for bystanders, Ranma and Akane fight in the middle of school all the
time with all these "supervillans", the only one I've ever seen concerned
with with other people's safety is Ranma.  When has Ryoga tried to protect
the innocent?  (Remember, I'm limited to the Viz stuff, so please describe
the incident)

well, that's the "Ryouga and Mousse team up" episode, I just saw it a few
days ago. (Mousse almost kills Akane with that bomb too). Anyway, its on
the "Melancholy Baby" tape.

Hey Ryan, do me a favor, okay?  Try writing a story on the behalf of Mousse.
Maybe if you try and see the good stuff on Mousse, you might not dislike him
so much.  I personally think he's a complete incompetant, but I don't *hate*
him.  He has good traits ... you just have to look hard.

wwell... I'll see what I can do...

Ryan