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From: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Fallwell's Electrocution of the Masses
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Date: Tue, 29-Oct-85 17:58:56 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 29 17:58:56 1985
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Reply-To: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
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Summary: Where did you hear it?

>Rev. Falwell had been "disiplining" children who misbehaved in church
>(even fell asleep) by putting them on a chair or stool containing
>little electrodes through which a low current, high voltage shock
>was delivered.

Where did you hear or read that? I am not a particular fan of Mr. Falwell,
but this story sounds suspiciously similar to the rumour which made
the rounds through Fundamentalist churches a while back about rock bands
electifying the auditorium seats during their concerts so that they could
stimulate the genitals of the audience to the beat of the music and
cause them to go out and have illicit sex.

It's not that I would put something like electro-shock discipline past
some hard-core Fundamentalists; but this story seems a bit far-fetched
to me. It is truly shocking to me that Mr. Falwell would sanction 
something like that. If you can confirm this story for me, I would
appreciate it; then I would have to say that my neutral opinion of 
Mr. Falwell was too high, and adjust my opinion appropriately downward.

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