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Re: "Post-SuperBowl Wife-Beating Frenzy" (was: Re: Bigtime Credulity Award)

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From: Rodger_Coghlan
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 00:00
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In article <43tfns$m1h@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>,
Gary Bourque <gbourque@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>In <43tbum$ef9@cronkite.cisco.com> fred_s@anthrax.cisco.com (Frederick
>Scott) writes: 
>>
>>Ford Prefect <remailer@bi-node.zerberus.de> writes: 
>>
>>> mn> OOOOOPs, you did it again.  The "notorious" "Nationwide
>Post-SuperBowl
>>> mn>  Wife-Beating Frenzy"?  I never heard of it.
>>>
>>>Where have you been for the past few years?  Togo?
>>
>>I never heard of it either.
>>
>>Fred
>
>That's because it was a myth, a complete and total fabrication by
>extremist feminist groups having absolutely no basis in statistical
>fact.  At least one feminist leader finally admitted that they cooked
>the numbers on this; partly by including things like "my husband
>ignored me during the game" as incidents of abuse, partly by simply
>making incidents up.  I was a total lie.
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Well, Gary - you had me fooled;  then I read your .sig 
Rodger
>
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From: grrc@rtd.com (Rodger_Coghlan)
Subject: Re: "Post-SuperBowl Wife-Beating Frenzy" (was: Re: Bigtime Credulity Award)
Date: 1995/09/23
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