On Fri, 2 Jan 1998 Hunter Kid, the "good" twin, writes:

<He wasn't given the chance to, though, was he?  I mean, I don't think he
went up to Ryoga, saw him sleeping, and said, "Ah, forget this.">

     But you really think that He would have _really_ done so?  Remeber
that Ranma would never willingly attack a person who is "weaker" than
himself, or is undefended...  I guess that this is just my opinion...

<Thing is, even with showing him, *his* explanation is the only one that
could possibly make sense to him.  I mean, surely you don't expect him to
say, "Oh, you have this weird Chinese curse that turns you into a girl! 
How obvious!"  Since he thinks he already has a firm grasp on the
situation, and what happens can be explained using his version of the
truth... <shrug> >

     Then I can't really see anyone else in the Ranma cast who can
successfully explain the concept of the curse to Kunou other than his
siter, Kodachi, and she is still quite oblivious to it.

<Ranma, who's a tenfold better fighter than Kunou, could probably just
stun him and explain it to him.>

    Bushido code...  once your weapon is drawn it is for the intent of
"killing"...  If your opponent draws _his_ weapon you have no choice but
to defend with yours, and since you have "drawn" your weapon you must
honor the code and "kill" your enemy...  I'd think that you would know
this...  IMNSHO Ranma lives largely by the bushido code...  Accept all
challenges and do not stop until your opponent has been or has conceded
defeat... ^_^  this is the bushido code in its most basic forms...

<I don't want to get into why Akane doesn't know about Ryoga's curse.>

     Neither do I...

<As for Kunou, I'm not saying that he's right.  I'm just saying that,
from his POV, I can see how his assumptions would make sense, and they're
semi-backed up by the events.>

     Point taken and accepted...

<Okay, how about Ryoga?>

     Do you _really_ think Ryouga would do something like this for Ranma?
 For some reason, (don't know what it is...  maybe that they are "mortal"
enemies... ^_^) I cant really see this happening...

<  Or maybe Kasumi?>

     Y'know...  I can actually see this...  Kasumi cares enough for
_anyone_ to do something like this, and Kunou would never dare attack
such a "fine maiden".  But sometimes she does have "her way" with words
if you know what I mean... ^_^

<  Pantyhose Tarou! :)>

     Once was weird enough to see him actually working besinde Ranma, but
doing someting, like talking to Kunou for him?  Don't think so... O_o

<If they were explained to him, he might.  I think he would, actually,
unless he comes to the conclusion that they're *all* evil sorcerers... 
I'm hoping that he's a grain more intelligent than that, though.>

     Let's _both_ hope he has more intelligence than that... ^_^

<That's true, but it *would* stop the groping and stuff.>

     But then it would mean that everytime Kunou saw him he would attack
Ranma...

<Okay, my take on the situation of Ranma/Mikado/Akane:>

<Ranma is not being a bad guy.  Ranma is being a very un-scummy person in
protecting Akane and tough-talking to Mikado, which is perfectly
understandable.  He is, however, being possessive of Akane, and that's
all I care about at this point. :)>

     Just like how I feel kinda possessive about Holly...  Is that such a
bad thing?

<Guess I'm a natural antagonist... ;)>

     Sure...  remember you do have that latent talent to piss people
off... ^_^

<While that's true I have to question whether that's even relevant.  I
mean, if Ukyou had been the one with the reversal jewel, he probably
would've done the same thing to Shampoo...in which case, it'd be just as
rude.>

     Actually it is relevant because he would have done the same thing if
there were always one extra girl...

<I guess we'd have to compare how strong Ryoga is in comparison to the
toughness of a pillow.  He may have just been punching lightly to get
Ranma up, or he may have intended to bash his rival's skull in.  I
personally think that Ryoga didn't much care for inflicting damage on a
sleeping opponent...>

     But as they say...  An atack is an attack.  It doesn't matter how
strong it is, it is still considered an attack...

<Because they didn't have Nabiki screwing>

     Hmmm... bad choice of words... H_H... *shakes head*  but I know what
you mean... 

< with their conceptions of why Ranma was changing sexes.  Also, most of
them seem a little more perceptive than Kunou.>

     True...

<Yeah, me neither.  Fatal flaw in my character.  Made for horrifying
flamewars with Don/Kun-chan. :P>

     ^_^

<Yeah, but it's like I'm glued to the discussion.  You drop your gun,
I'll drop mine! :)>

     hiroshin drops his gun...  ^_^