(May 10, 2009 at 8:38 pm)Sponge Wrote: So, should indoctrination be prevented, or should it be allowed in the name of free speech (no matter how bias)?
Sorry I missed this one earlier...
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Well, I'd say that it should be prevented because I think it is abusive to deliberately cut a child off from other points of view for example; - especially when the stuff the child is being 'brought up to believe' is not only bullshit, but bullshit of the harmful and intolerant kind.
I think just how it's every child's right to be educated - I think it's every child's right to not be MISeducated to believe in bullshit AND - cut-off from different points of view (and like I said, especially if it's bullshit of the particularly intolerant and harmful kind).
You're not simply 'speaking your mind' as in free speech with childhood indoctrination - I think it's abusive. Such a child has a right to know about other points of views besides the bullshit (and specifically harmless/intolerant bullshit, etc) it's been indoctrinated in.
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