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|    Will in New Haven to Shawn Wilson    |
|    Re: Plausible Characters?    |
|    29 Jul 14 09:30:50    |
      From: willreich_77@yahoo.com              On Monday, July 28, 2014 6:49:41 PM UTC-4, Shawn Wilson wrote:       > On Monday, July 28, 2014 3:30:55 PM UTC-7, J.Pascal 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.       >        >        >        >        >        > Infantry, Armor, Artillery, Special Forces, Combat Engineers, all men only.        >        >        >        >        >        > What combat job do you think admits women?        >        Women tank crews or mixed tank crews would be hugely advantageous.               --        Will in New Haven                     >        >        >        >        >        >        >        >        >        > > > 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.       >        >        >        >        >        > Until your mule breaks down/runs out of gas...              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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