<Hi!>

Hi yourself SKJAM!  and let me just say one thing before I get to the 
parts of your comments that concern me....

Now THIS is how you do C&C if you disagree with something.

<"If I were in the same situation, with the same bad information as 
Mamoru, how much less suspiciously would I be acting?">

Me?  I'd back off and try to show that I'm a good person, instead of 
going behind everyones backs and sabatoging(sp?) my chances of being 
trusted again.

<While Mr. Davies was...ungenerous...in his criticisms,>

(Snort) To say the least.

<Ami: Usagi, I've been running a background check on Ranma and I've 
found something rather disturbing.

Usagi: Really?  But Ranma's such a nice person!

Ami: Well, maybe now, but once he gets his memory back?  I found out 
that he's under sentance of death in some place named Joketsuzoku for 
an "attack on one of their female citizens.>

Amazons keep computer records? ^_^

<Usagi:  But  Ranma doesn't attack girls.

Ami:  It gets worse.  They've offered to commute his death sentance 
if Ranma marries the girl, a Shan Puu.

Usagi: But that would mean...

Ami: I'm afraid so.  Ranma is obviously a convicted rapist.  It's on 
a computer so it must be true.

Usagi: Does that mean the wedding is off?>

(Facefault)

<(back to prose mode)

See how easy it it?>

Point taken.

<Doug, you mentioned "Bitter End" and "Ill Met" and asked (more or 
less) what the differences between those and "Mama's Hand" is 
(outside the obvious plot contingencies.)>

Actually, that was me.

<SNIP, a dang convincing argument.>

(Zero and J.Bison, who were readying the torture device, suddenly 
slump as they see Flashman listening to SKJAM!)

Bison: Does this mean we're not going to kill him now?
Flashman: Don't worry.  We're going to try and be nicer and more 
understanding to Mamoru, (evil grin) but Endymion's still fair game.

I guess the reason this story gets me so uptight is because I have 
known several people who have been abused by their parents over the 
course of my life.  I thank God it's never happened to me, but it 
still gets to me when I see it happen to someone else.

<Well, that turned out to be quite a few words.  Hope I haven't bored 
too much.>

You?  Boring?  NEVER.

The Flashman
(Proud member of The Church Of Tsukino Usagi)

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