From: RaeMowse@aol.com
To: ffml@anifics.com
Subject: [FFML] [Ranma] Doomed
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 12:14:40 EDT

Rumiko Takahashi owns Ranma 1/2 and all its characters.  Poor people make
poor targets for legal lawsuits.

Doomed
Spamfic

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=END=


    Well, this is intended as humor, but I think it was getting a little 
more
weighty as a I wrote it.

First off, I don't wish to insult anyone, but I fear I�m not personally 
familiar with the whole stereotype and racism issue, so I probably can't 
apreciate how this fic can be insulting to anyone.

However, I think you should all realise, before you get insulted and angry, 
that this is merely a spamfic. It does not intend to be serious, and thus, 
it should not be treated or considered seriously. Personally, I thought it 
was funny. Sure, I had absolutly no idea why Ranma would become more 
atractive to women by being half something else, and I didn't get the 
punchline until I read the explication later (I didn't even register the 
chicken part 'till I read the replies), but the style and anticipation were 
fun.

But you people got offended. Now, I�m against racism, since I strongly 
believe everyone to be completly equal and entirely different, but I fail to 
see how this can be interpreted as a racist fic when the fic itself mocks 
stereotypes.

I mean, I�ve seen lots of fics around that deal with heavy issues with 
humour. I just don�t get why you react to this fic in particular with such 
anger. After all, I�m sure that everyone here knows that not everyone 
responds to stereotypes (just as the author wrote).

And since I�m probably boring you by now, I just want to say, both in his 
and mine defense, that if he ofended you (or for that case, if I offended 
you) I doubt that he meant it. Just like me, he might not have realised that 
it was a sore subject for many of you, and may not have expected anyone to 
be insulted.



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