From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: philnblanc@comcast.net   
   Subject: Re: necessity is the mother of invention   
      
   On 9/14/2011 1:39 AM, ToolPackinMama wrote:   
      
   > 1) Red uniforms were not invariably fatal   
   > 2) Red "dresses" weren't safer than red shirts   
   > 3) Female starfleet, in whatever color, were as likely to die as the men   
   >   
   > These are the facts which have been established. Thank you for your   
   > attention.   
      
   For the record, many red shirts that were MALE characters survived their    
   trips ashore.  For example, all of the guys in red shirts that went    
   ashore in the episode "Miri" survived unharmed.  There are many more    
   examples I could cite.   
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