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

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From: Gary Bourque
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 00:00
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In <43vqam$os8@baygull.rtd.com> grrc@rtd.com (Rodger_Coghlan) writes: 

>>
>>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

Translation:  I was enlightened until my misfounded prejudices were
offended, so I closed my mind.

Read it again.  You need to.


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From: gbourque@ix.netcom.com (Gary Bourque)
Subject: Re: "Post-SuperBowl Wife-Beating Frenzy" (was: Re: Bigtime Credulity Award)
Date: 1995/09/23
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