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Old 07-05-2007   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Indoctrination

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Originally Posted by rjwood View Post
Is it indoctrination when one is not aware there are differing ideas out there?
I assume you mean the one doing the teaching is unaware of differing viewpoints?

Yes, I would still call it indoctrination, and I still think it's bad. But I would be a lot easier on the person doing the teaching. Call it second degree indoctrination. Whereas first degree indoctrination is people who know exactly what they're doing, and they're intentionally trying to teach kids to accept whatever they say without thought.
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