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|    J.Pascal to Shawn Wilson    |
|    Re: Plausible Characters?    |
|    28 Jul 14 15:30:55    |
      From: julie@pascal.org              On Monday, July 28, 2014 1:39:50 PM UTC-6, Shawn Wilson wrote:       (...)        >        >        > Excuse me, but in the 21st century combat jobs are limited to men as well.              Only true if you don't count most of the combat jobs.                       > Some jobs require strength that women simply don't possess, and combat       infantryman is near the top.                     Yes, it is. But give each squad a robot pack mule or three or have infantry       be "mounted" or have a great need to reduce the total size of your       power-suited spaceship boarding parties to fit through standard spaceship       corridors, and strength might become        a secondary concern.              -Julie              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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