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From: Eugene.Bigelow@ebay.sun.com (Geno )
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Subject: Re: SJ Mercury's reference to Fundamentali
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In article <May.11.02.37.07.1993.28120@athos.rutgers.edu>, dan@ingres.com (a Rose arose) writes:
|> 	"Raised in Oakland and San Lorenzo by strict fundamentalist
|> 	Christian parents, Mason was beaten as a child.  ...

|> Were the San Jose Mercury news to come out with an article starting with
|> "Raised in Oakland by Mexican parents, Mason was beaten...", my face would

>Perhaps because there is a connection here that is not there in the Mexican
>variant you bring up.

This is true. The statement didn't say anything about Christians in general.
It specifically said "strict fundamentalist" Christians. It reflects a
common perception that people have about fundamentalists being strict
disciplinarians. Whether or not this perception is justified is another issue.


[The other reading is that they are distinguishing between strict
and relaxed fundamentalists.  --clh]
