brainwashing classes

patrick

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Sep 9, 2012, 10:48:27 AM9/9/12

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ben and tub , do u believe its possible to brainwash people
at schools.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/brainwashing-classes-stalled-on-election-eve/story-e6frg6so-1226468492236

bentot

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Sep 9, 2012, 11:21:51 AM9/9/12

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That article is about children. And, yes. children can be conditioned
to believe and parrot behaviors. You call it brainwashing, I call it
conditioning.

Don't know if you have children, Patrick, but those of us who do, know
that we "attempt" to condition them to act and think in way that we
think best. The success of the "attempts" runs from wonderful to
disappointing, depending on the our skills (or lack of) and the
willingness of the child to be "conditioned."

bentot

patrick

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Sep 9, 2012, 2:01:39 PM9/9/12

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thanks for the reply.

i believe when a government wants to set up classes to condition children
to their way of thinking, then the line can be crosses between helping
children make good decisions and putting propoganda in their minds.

patrick

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Sep 9, 2012, 2:03:05 PM9/9/12

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> to their way of thinking, then the line can be crossed between helping

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> children make good decisions and putting propoganda in their minds.

also could u give an example of brainwashing children as apposed to conditioning
them ?

thanks

bentot

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Sep 9, 2012, 6:28:18 PM9/9/12

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On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:03:05 -0700 (PDT), patrick

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>On Sunday, September 9, 2012 1:01:40 PM UTC-5, patrick wrote:
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>also could u give an example of brainwashing children as apposed to conditioning
>them ?

There is no difference. "Brainwashing" is a term coined as result of
the Korean war and carries a negative connotation of conditioning. You
like to use the term, "brainwashing", for your own reasons. I don't
use it.

My military service was during and after the Korean war. The term was
bandied about extensively right after the war. (actually, the war is
still going on) The "turncoat" phenomenon resulted in a new oath that
all servicemen had to subscribe to.

bentot

Arun Kumar Waghchoure

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Sep 10, 2012, 2:29:24 AM9/10/12

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Conditioning of brain, is done not just at schools it is also done by parents.
In someway I feel children needs to be condition, a good example is if you expose your kid to words like 'conscience' in the early period in their life he/she will eventually become a good Samaritan.

Serena Nordstrup

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Sep 10, 2012, 4:36:57 AM9/10/12

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On Sep 10, 3:21 am, bentot <bentot1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Sep 2012 07:48:27 -0700 (PDT), patrick
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> <patrickda...@linuxmail.org> wrote:
> >ben and tub , do u believe its possible to brainwash people
> >at schools.
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> >http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/brainwashing-classes-stall...

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> That article is about children.

... and therefore not about people?

> And, yes. children can be conditioned
> to believe and parrot behaviors. You call it brainwashing, I call it
> conditioning.
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> Don't know if you have children, Patrick, but those of us who do, know
> that we "attempt" to condition them to act and think in way that we
> think best. The success of the "attempts" runs from wonderful to
> disappointing, depending on the our skills (or lack of) and the
> willingness of the child to be "conditioned."

The flavor and intensity of the dogma conveyed may also have a bearing
on the success of the inculcation.

> bentot