On Sun, 14 Sep 1997 12:52:16 -0600 (MDT), Sabin Rene Figaro
<geist@holly.ColoState.EDU> wrote:

On Sun, 14 Sep 1997, Gary Kleppe wrote:

on the side of good and someone on the side of good wouldn't lie, would
they? That in my opinion is irresponsible thoughtlessness, and one of

Frankly, irresponsible thoughtlessness is a staple of almost any anime.
Examples? Well, Ranma 1/2 is littered with it.
If people thought (and I don't mean plotted), Ranma 1/2 wouldn't be any
fun.  

True, but in Ranma it is generally not presented as a Good Thing To Do.

The problem I have with SM is not that the characters' thoughtless "I'm
good, my opponents are evil" attitude. It's the fact that the SM
universe bears out these attitudes; that, in canonical SM, there ARE
"good" people and "evil" people -- unlike real life.

Certainly the same isn't true in Ranma, considering how strongly some
characters are liked by some and disliked by others.


Gary Kleppe
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