Children reciting the plecge of alligence. Is this a form of government brainwashing?
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No, it's not.  I had to think about this for awhile, and recite the pledge to myself, before I came to this answer.  Nowhere in the pledge does it say that the US is better, or that we should place the flag above everything.  It is simply saying that the individual is forming an alliance with the US of A.  The country supports you, and you support the country.\n\nI pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the United States of America.  To the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all.\n\nI will say this daily, and mean every word of it.
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Cool? Absolutely Nothing!!! The government can't stop it, parents need to talk to their kids and educate them.
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No. You teach by example and telling children to lie about something is not teaching them right from wrong. People do it all the time though. (Although I cant see how santa claus has anything to do with it ;) Thats rather a jaded opinion). That probably has alot to do with why so many people have no conscience and society has many of its problems.\nObviously you (whomever) are doing something wrong as well if you feel the need to tell a child to lie.
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I agree that, at school, children are not held to a standard of morality or a set of rules in harmony with morality.  They therefore find themselves confused concerning the proper behavior at school.  This is one of many government failures in the public "education" system.  Additionally, their methods for enforcing their "rules" are quite ineffective.  You are quite right on all these accounts.\n\nBased on personal experience, I disagree that violence and fear of the same is healthy for children or for their discipline, though force has a place when used against the same.  There exists only one rational response to violence, and that it violence.  In the words of Ayn Rand, the threat of violence inherently removes morality from the discussion.\n\nViolence creates serious pschological stress (leading to diseases and disorders of the mind), and it looses efficacy as the children grow up.  As children get bigger, they realize that they can resist violence with violence much more effectively, and they tend to want to perpetuate violence to others when their will is violated (as has been done to them).\n\nMy own experience with my two little girls reveals that children want to obey their authority figures without threat of violence when such brings them security, sovereignty (in which they have proven themselves), order, consistency, and rationality (predictability).  I can count the number of times that I have used violence (a gentle, firm "spanking") against my daughters, over the course of both of their lives, on one hand with fingers to spare.  Freedom and sovereignty (even privileges) are all much more effective tools for disciplining children.\n\nBTW, every child I have ever known was a mirror image of their parents.  You can learn more about a person by observing their children for a few moments than by being the parent's friend for a month.  Additionally, every out-of-control child I have seen had a dysfunctional family (either single parent or soon to be single parent, or out-of-wedlock birth).\n\nYes, government is causing disciplinary problems, but no, the root is not in the preclusion of violence.
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Hello,\n\nReading some of the comments below I can see our liberal government is doing the job they set out to do since the 1950's.\n\nFear is a wonderful motivator. \n\nAnd, the communistist who run our nation are and have always been Pro-Earth and Con-God (Creator of the Universe).\n\nIf you ever read even parts of the Communist Manifesto, you will learn how they are trained to program our children into not believing in God and "dumbing down the children in school". This is why liberals will soon, very soon, outlaw homeschooling. They will because the majority of homeschooled children are taught about God and why they are special in this world.\n\nSo, global warming is just another layer to be peeled from their onion of life.\n\nDoes this make sense to you?\n\nYou can read this article from AmericanDaily below:\n\nHope this helps you.............................................  :-(
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No you're not crazy I think the same. People are scared of different cultures and brainwash their children the same way. Its tragic, but you've broken away from that and its definately a good thing.
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Most of the questions/answers on "Yahoo Answers" are do to the fact that most of the participants are victims of the United States public education system. It's a good indicator that something simply isn't working properly, let alone the fact that "teachers" are spending too much time playing "babysitter" insted of actually teaching our children. \nSad to say, but until we start passing referendums for tax dollars that will aid our failing schools, more "creative" usage of language can be expected.
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Because they're brainwashed themselves, so they think they need to brainwash other people.  Luckily not everyone is capable of being brainwashed, so that we can have some free thinkers in this world.
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Poverty?  No.  Ignorance?  Yes, in part.  I believe it's a mixture of ignorance and brainwashing.  Most are bred to be a terrorist at a very early age.  Liberty is neither a choice or an option.  They do as they are told and are only given access to materials that reaffirm their terrorist teachings.
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Probably.  But what is wrong with that?\n\nAren't parents limiting their child's freedom by:\n\n1)  Telling them stealing is bad\n2)  Teaching them to share\n3)  Teaching them not to lie  etc...\n\nUltimately, it is the parent's right to mold their childrens opinions and behaviors unless it is abusive and harmful.\n\nBy the way, the freedom of religion that we enjoy is freedom from the government abridging religion, not freedom from brainwashing, proseltyzing, lecturing, etc... by individuals and private parties.
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Sir, you are on the battle field between people that choose education, reason, and logic vs. the deluded fairy tale believers.\n\nCurrently the deluded fairy tale believers are on the attack by hijacking the government to enforce their religious beliefs with theocratic law.
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Amen - they remind me of little kids who cover their ears and yell "la la la la la la" until whatever is being said isn't being said anymore. And then they go right back to doing what they were doing, trying to provoke the parent or caretaker into trying to talk to them again... so they can cover their ears again.\n\nYou could probably speak to this as well as anyone, but I really believe that they have a void in their lives, a deep longing for someone to say something that will take away their pain, or their anger, or their lust for revenge or whatever it is that is troubling them. They have to keep denying what they know to be truth, otherwise they fear that they will be taken in by the truth of our discussions. \n\nMany of these people are ignorant, also, of the beauty and truth and simplicity of the Lord's message for us all. They think that they will be shackled by rules and regulations or the like, when what they don't realize is the joy and completeness that comes from being a servant of the Lord. They are so insecure about their own beliefs, they feel that they must be loud and beligerent on behalf of their own empty arguments. \n\nWhat they need to do is "Be still, and know that I am God."\n\nGod bless you, and thanks for a great question.
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True, when the leaders twist the laws for their own purposes.  I agree 100 %\n\nBut that does not mean that Religion and government is bad, just that we should not allow people to manipulate us for their OWN good by twisting it.\n\nPeace!
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Conditioning someone to a certain way of thinking (brainwashing) can be done by having them listen to something over & over. If you listen to language tapes, you learn from them. Children can learn colors, abc's and so forth from listening to TV programs over & over. So the answer is yes. Same thing with violent games played repeatedly, you get desensitized to violence.
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agreed :P children have the right to a free immagionation. let it roam free guys watch what you say on here thats all i ask
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They are being force fed a "version" of Islam, same as they are force fed a "Verison" of Christianity...in case the kids grow up rejecting materialism and embracing God...their's no money to be had in TRUTH!!
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It's also a protest against an education system that is turning pupils into bricks in the society's wall, i.e. is forming the kids into the sort of citizens the state desires, the kind that doesn't question the way the wall is built or the reason for it's existence.  \n\nThe irony is that the young people do need education, not of the sort the system is providing however.\n\nWe don't need no education\nWe don't need no thought control\nNo dark sarcasm in the classroom\nTeachers leave them kids alone\nHey teacher leave them kids alone\nAll in all it's just another brick in the wall\nAll in all you're just another brick in the wall