From:	Ian Smith <KildTheCat@***.COM>
Subject:	Re: POLL--PLEASE REPLY
Date:	Fri, 11 Aug 1995 01:46:45 -0400

>I personally have never played a female
>character in either shadowrun or ad&d, why, because I would >not have a
>clue on how to play one. <please hold back on commenting on >everything
>else I seem not to have a clue on>

I assume you mean to refrain from making snide comments. If you meant not to
say what I am about to say, I apologize in advance.

What I am about to say is thus: role-playing is even worse than acting in
that we play things we haven't even the shadiest chance of ever having a real
clue about. We start by playing trolls and elves. We continue by playing
men ( and women :) ) in 2050. We end by playing people who murder callously,
and know things we don't know ( I know very little about firearms,
demolitions, or the guitar ).
I don't mean to flame you, just to emphatically disagree.