At 03:06 PM 3/2/98 -0800, Anthony Woo wrote:

David Lerman wrote:

  If Gendou were a martial artist, he would put his son into a pit with
starving feral cats despite reading the warning.

Maybe not, Gendou's not a complete asshole (I can't believe I just said that)
everything he's done in Eva is for a specific purpose--either the greater

good

of humanity (so he thinks) or to get his wife back.  He's never hurt his son
for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

  But there is a reason.  The Neko-ken is an exceptionally powerful attack.
 If Gendou is as devoted to "advancing the Art" as he is to his goal in
NGE, then he may well feel that it is worth the personal sacrifice (for
Shinji) to learn it.

                                                              dml