re sj mercury s reference to fundamentali in article may 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
