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 Message 143,266 of 144,799 
 J.Pascal to Shawn Wilson 
 Re: Plausible Characters? 
 28 Jul 14 15:59:30 
 
From: julie@pascal.org

On Monday, July 28, 2014 4:49:41 PM UTC-6, Shawn Wilson wrote:
> On Monday, July 28, 2014 3:30:55 PM UTC-7, J.Pascal wrote:
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> > > Excuse me, but in the 21st century combat jobs are limited to men as
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> > Only true if you don't count most of the combat jobs.
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> Infantry, Armor, Artillery, Special Forces, Combat Engineers, all men only.  
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> What combat job do you think admits women?  

Pilots.
MPs (mounted.)
More pilots.
  
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> > > Some jobs require strength that women simply don't possess, and combat
infantryman is near the top.
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> > 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.
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> Until your mule breaks down/runs out of gas...

So?  What's your point?

The track on your tank breaks and *boom* your tank is useless.  Never stopped
the military from building and using tanks.

-Julie

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