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"Forcing Ideas on Others" What does this phrase mean to you?
i have read this phrase many times on Y/A answers. Certainly you can force submission. You can intimidate to require compliance. You can lie and mislead but none of these actions can "force" an idea into someone's head.
So what exactly is "forcing ideas on others"? Surely it is more than just someone stating their beliefs.
What's up? The thumbs down crowd is really out tonight.
10 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
That could only really be done to our children through indoctrination. Gentle force. Soft tyranny.
- ZazaLv 79 years ago
You mean like religion? I haven't figured out how religion can be forced on another person. It's clearly a talking point.
But, if the government is forcing something on the population, disregarding the will of the majority, that's an entirely different story.
- Anonymous9 years ago
The phrase has broad meanings and uses, A nation through its laws, a Corporation through its polices, A parent via curfew....you get the drift?
EDIT: You did not need to thumb me down,I wasn't forcing my ideal upon you.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Its what authors do when you read a book but not what FoxNews does when you listen to their comic news
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- Anonymous9 years ago
no one is forcing me to do nothing especially all this losers in YA
because I know what I want
- Anonymous9 years ago
By making those ideas law.