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From: mwm@dartvax.UUCP (M. W. Modrall)
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Subject: but jeff.....
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Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 15:37:50 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 11 15:37:50 1984
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jeff -
i agree with you about senseless quota killing... but the point that you didn't
address in my article is that of the impracticality of super-hero/normal 
relationships... the nature of a hero (look at the greeks) is that he/she
has to make sacrifices above and beyond the call of normal mortals... the
risk and responsability, as it were... now a hero in a relationship with a 
normal can be one of two things: a good person to be in a relationship, or
a good hero..... being in a relationship entails certain responsabilities
to the other person in the relationship, and one of those responsabilities
is staying alive (not taking needless risks).  My point is you can't fill
both shoes like a god... that's why i liked miller's handling of heather...
Murdock makes a great hero, but an abyssmal husband....

also, you have to admit that both houses have abused the villan-captures-
spouse routine, and the if-you-really-loved-me routine...

truce....

Mark Modrall
mwm
Dartmouth

"you'll stand for eternity, hip-deep in molton lead"