'inner thoughts' have outward consequences??

i don't follow you on this one. You're saying that kids can pick up (intuitively?) on someone's inner thoughts, okay. But you then seem to infer that Brian Ribbon is inadverdantly projecting NEGATIVES?? That's where i don't follow you. In any case, Brian isn't talking about "fucking", he's talking about giving a BJ. So as i see it, Brian is actually projecting POSITIVE vibes, albeit that ONE value we've all been systematically inundated with so that we may THINK UNCRITICALLY about how "BAD"/'evil' it "is". Kids who pick up on that are most likely, i think, to have some experience in the sexual (i.e. with each other). Whereas most kids (in Western culture) won't pick up on that, i suspect. But may "pick up" on something "WEIRD" about Brian. And that can be good or bad irl. Wow, "predator grooming cycle"....i see you more clearly, finally. You seem to have bought into the neocolonial project, where ALL such relations have been denied due to ideological imperatives. What say you? i will say, i enjoyed your interaction up to now. You made this board feel a little more homey to me, and worth putting more time into (for awhile). While neglecting another forum that i should have been stopping in at more often...!