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Agetaboo.com,  Common Myths; What psychology says 

Agetaboo.com,  Attraction to younger guys; What psychology says 

Baskins, Jay, Love in a Slave Society (Statement)

Gieles, Dr Frans,  Ethics and intimacy in intergenerational relationships ; ‘First, do no harm’ , In: Ipce newsletter E 17, June 2004   

Ipce Statement: The Turning point  

Der Wendepunkt 

El Punto de Volver  

Bill Maher on intergenerational relationships in interview; quotes from an interview in Playboy [March 2007]
He seems quite open to the concept of intergenerational play between the generations, beit on a same-sex level.

Moonen, Gerald, My principles; New Zealand 2006 (Statement)

Moonen, Gerald, Morality -  Is it Anti-Sexual or Anti-Violence? New Zealand, 2006 (Statement) 

Principles of Non-Violent Warfare - Author & source unknown 
Non-violence begins with a non-violent attitude toward those who oppress us. 
Every successful revolution begins with a consciousness raising of the oppressed group. 
Demonization is always the rational by which dominant oppressive groups justify their violence against the oppressed. Demonization itself must be challenged. 
Members of the oppressed group who are able to network together should support each other in avoiding panic; they must try to assess situations as coolly as possible, and find ways to be as safe as possible, without giving up the struggle.

Rigoletto, Sergio, PhD, Questioning Power Hierarchies; Michael Davidson and Literary Pederasty in Italy; 17 June 2005, One Day Conference on 'Gender', University of Sussex - Abstract 
This paper offers an overview of the complex power dynamics at play in homo-erotic desire and encounter within a long tradition of literary pederasty in the Mediterranean. 
I want to show that even the most unbalanced structures of power can reveal significant contradictions and counter-movements. 

Sample, Ian, The brain scan that can read people's intentions; Call for ethical debate over possible use of new technology in interrogation; The Guardian, February 9, 2007 
A team of world-leading neuroscientists has developed a powerful technique that allows them to look deep inside a person's brain and read their intentions before they act. 
The research breaks controversial new ground in scientists' ability to probe people's minds and eavesdrop on their thoughts, and raises serious ethical issues over how brain-reading technology may be used in the future.

FAQ: Mind Reading 

Silent Sufferer, "It is your body" - Gee, what do I tell him? Poor lad; 2007-February-11
The subject came up about "inappropriate touching". Tommy raised some interesting observations. He's quite astute for his age and very intelligent. He's always thinking for himself.
We discussed this "touching" in detail after he had a lesson in school about good 
touch/bad touch
. The teacher said that no one has the right to touch his body. It nearly made him cry. Tommy was utterly confused, and rightfully so. How your body could be yours, but controlled by someone else is a pretty scary concept. The conversation went as follows: [... ... ...]

Thomas, Ray, The Hegelian Principle; By Ray Thomas, 2000 
I've written before about the "Hegelian Principle," which the power seekers have been using with amazing success for a lot longer than I can remember to create support for their power grabs. It's a simple principle. It has only three steps: [...]
Another example of the use of the Hegelian Principle is the so-called "child protection crisis." 
There is no child protection crisis. Child abuse has actually been going down in recent years, while "reports" of it have been rising exponentially. Children have suffered, but in many cases, from the neglect of the "child protectors" for the real cases while they pursue the false ones.

Trevett, Claire, Teachers can touch children, says union; NZ Herald, September 26, 2006 
The primary teachers' union will tell its members it is all right to touch children to comfort or praise them, in a major shift in its advice about physical contact. 
Examples of appropriate touching included "hugging or placing a supportive arm across a child's shoulders but only when and where needed". 

Universal sexual human rights; Source: Conference Report of the Fourteenth World Congress of Sexology 23-27 August 1999, Hong Kong

Universales derechos sexuales humanos ; Fuente: Relato del décimo cuarto congreso mundial de sexología, del 23 al 27 de agosto de 1999 en Hong Kong.