Watura Rode wrote:

Shampoo managed to slighty pull off breaking one of the laws in the episode
where she gave her own two sisters the "kiss of death"  to keep them from
Ranma.  =Make a mental note of that=  Also, Cologne's response to Shampoo's
actions.  =I'm going somewhere with this=  Remember that Cologne admitted
that Shampoo was making a hard decision and that things would be difficult
due to her choice.  Yet she didn't bother to help Shampoo fight.  Could this
be because she refused to help her, due to the fact that she was breaking
one of the Amazon laws.

    Was she?  That wasn't the impression I got.  This was a completely different
use of the "kiss of death", not a violation of the laws dealing with outsiders.
Shampoo was using the kiss as a way of showing that she would protect Ranma no
matter what it cost her.  Because it was an honor duel, Cologne could not
interfere even if she wanted to; that would be a grievous insult to Shampoo.

What happens if an Amazon falls in love with a man that has not or will not
fight her?

    Having never seen an example of this in the stories, I have to just make
guesses about this.  First off, not every member of the tribe will be warriors,
no tribe ever was.  SOMEONE has to serve in the support roles for a society to
work.  Second, none warriors will want to get married as well, so the fighting
rules will probably only apply to the warrior class.  Third, they live in China,
which has a long tradition of arranged marriages that continues to this day.
Fourth, the Amazons are a very tradition bound people.

    With these things in mind, I would guess that most Amazon marriages are
probably arranged by the parents of the couple.

Also, what happens if an Amazon decides that she no longer wants to live
under the Amazon laws?  Can she leave the Amazons altogether?

    Very likely.  Unless the individual was married and had family obligations,
the individuals likely have a lot of freedom.  However, they are a fairly
arrogant folk.  They are obviously superior to any one else, so who'd want to
leave?

What if that person that wanted to leave had a child?  If she were allowed
to leave the Amazon tribe, would she be allowed to take the child with her?

    I think that would depend on what class of the society they belonged to.  It
is less likely that a member of the warrior class would be able to take a child
with her than it would be for a laborer.

Why can you never find any men with the Amazon's?  If an Amazon women can
get married, why do you never see any men (husbands) in the Amazon tribe
scenes?

    You didn't look closely enough.  They are there.  If you have the Viz
graphic novels, look in volume 3 at pages 110 and 111.  There are at least six
men shown on those pages (other than the Jusenkyo Guide, Ranma and Genma, that
is).  In volume 4 on pages 95 and 96, you see Shampoo's father sitting with the
Jusenkyo Guide watching Cologne retraining Shampoo among the springs; that's
when Shampoo gets her curse.

Ja ne,
LarryF