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"Jim Vieira" <WhiplashrAT@wiDOT.rrDOT.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

><gray.wizard@moria.mines> wrote in message
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>> It was also rather cool to see River turn out to be a Major
>> Bad-Ass(tm).
>
>Really? I thought that was rather simple and obvious.. I would rather
>have seen her end up being some kind of psychic warrior or something.
>That's the way the series seemed to be going and seemed far more interesting
>to me.  Psychic powers.. reading minds, telekenisis, etc.
>
>She's a frail little girl.  I don't care how many martial arts moves she
>knows, she's not going to be single handidly kicking ass on huge,
>brute men.  That's not to say that no woman can beat any man.. but
>it was said in the movie she's a 90 pound woman.  She simply is
>not going to have enough power to seriously hurt anyone big, strong
>and with stamina.
>
>I know women will get all in uproar over my above statement, but it's
>true. People don't just get knocked out from a single punch of kick.
>Watch some ultimate fighting for example, where guys are getting
>pummeled repeatedly and will not submit, let alone get knocked out
>cold.   Or boxing... People can take quite a bit of abuse before they
>go down.  Many punches (hard) to the head included.
>
>Her kicking everyones ass was completely laughable. Most especially
>on all the reavers. What a joke.
>
>But I know many will buy it and defend it because "fake" fighting has been
>the norm in the movie industry for decades.  Where people lay each other
>out with one solid punch and so forth.  That's not real at all.  Most people
>have alot more stamina and can take a serious beating before they give
>up.  Seriously, if anyone doubts this, you haven't seen enough REAL LIFE
>fights.  Like at hockey rinks where guys each have one hand holding the
>collar of the other guy, and are PUMMELING each other directly in the
>face and nose, like dozens of times, before one of them finally falls.

While I agree with most of what you've said, there is one thing you
aren't considering.
A Brawler isn't trying to kill/maim.

Small skilled Martial artist who is willing to kill vs Brawler who is
looking to hurt and i'll put my money on the Martial Artist.

Bruce Lee vs Mike Tyson, with Lee ready to kill Tyson - a lot of dancing
around for position and then one hit in the right place and it's Bye Bye
Mikey.

Sure punching him in the face isn't going to do much, but that same
punch applied to the throat will.
A kick to the face will hurt, a kick to the temple may kill.

The reavers are ultra aggressive brawlers, they aren't even trying for
quick kill shots.

Xocyll
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