Thread: Indoctrination
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Old 07-05-2007   #9 (permalink)
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Default Re: Indoctrination

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Originally Posted by LordFu View Post
Any teaching is indoctrination, by definition. I think the negative connotation is relatively new, as language goes.
By whose definition?

Language is defined by usage, not history, and certainly not the dictionary. We don't use it to mean teaching, so it doesn't mean that. It's just a label. Words don't have intrinsic meaning, and they mean whatever the hell we (as a community) decide they mean.

Clearly, the people who are posting on this board find some negative meaning in the word "indoctrination" that distinguishes it from "teaching." A quick perusal of the education thread will make that pretty apparent. And that's why rj started this thread.
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