On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Matthew Campbell wrote:

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I was really disturbed by this "revenge against Kuno" sequence.  
Tatewaki didn't deserve this.  Akane and Kodachi are allowing their 
grief to turn them into psychopaths and exact a wholly inappropriate 
revenge.  The simple fact of the matter is.....

Kuno did nothing wrong.

	O_o#
	What?

He really didn't.  What did he actually do?  He came across some 
information and distributed it to people.  He didn't lie.  He didn't try 
to do anything beyond that.  Try the flood of flyers was over the top, 
but the same ends would probably have been met if he had simply walked 
up to the Tendos and handed them the file on Ranma.

	Actually, the main point seems to be that Tatewaki actively sought
the data out, tried to taunt Ranma with it (not knowing that the boy had
no clue), and proceeded to release it in the manner that would cause Ranma
(and incidentally Akane) the greatest amount of personal pain and social
damage possible. 
	That was low, even for him (personally I doubt he has the
intelligence to pull a stunt like this off, but it's Wong's 'fic).

Tatewaki did not create the prejudice and he was not responsible for 
instilling it in anyone else.  True it might have been nobler to 
withhold the information, but isn't that really too much to ask of him, 
considering Ranma was the person he hated more than anyone else alive?

	Maybe I am too biased to be objective about this (being a black
man growing up in LA, I have been subjected to my unfair share of Racism),
but using institutional bigotry against someone is _very_ wrong in my
eyes.  
	Imagine if you will someone 'outing' a gay co-worker for the
_express_ _intent_ of getting him or her canned so he could have a shot at
a coveted promotion.  What Tatewaki did to Ranma was probably worse.

All Kuno did was tell the truth.  For that Akane and Kodachi try their 
level best to take away every single thing he cares about.  They 
willingly torture him and try to warp his mind.

I ask you, who are the real villains here?

	IMHO, nobody aside from 'Poo, Cologne, and perhaps Kodachi can
claim the moral high ground, as all the others who claimed to like/love
Ranma abandoned him when push came to shove.

	That being said, what would you do to one which destroyed the
person you loved (not killed as that would have been a comparative mercy,
but DESTROYED), out of little more than spite.

HTG