Cormac Lawler wrote:
It could well be argued that much of what most
people consider to be appropriate educational material espouses a
particular world-view, such as that of free-market economics,
feminism, whatever.
It could well be argued that this is one of the things which is deeply
flawed about proprietary texts... the passing off of propaganda of
whatever kind as being educational materials.
This is a difficult issue that we can't
simply dismiss out of hand.
Certainly, we do need to discuss it in detail. But I think it would be
a tragic mistake to dismiss NPOV out of hand based on arguments which
fail to draw on our deep experience with how it works and what it means.
--Jimbo
I think part of my reaction to the word "neutral" in this discussion
is due to the fact that I don't really know what it means :-).