I can see how you arrived at your comment Steve, but thats not the way I read the etymology. Defering to some one out of respect is not the same as not upsetting them for fear of reprisals, at least not in my book (nor I think in the OED). I hestitate to make any suggestions Chet since you have obviously given this a lot more thought than those of us not immediately involved. What about using the songs of other minorities or powerless groups that have campaigned against the status quo. Perhaps use these as an introduction to the methods they used and why those methods succeeded or failed? I suppose my initial reaction would be to try and get them to see that they are not the only persecuted group around. But I suspect you will have an uphill job, youth I suspect, has never seen the views of anyone over twenty as relevant, and I also suspect that being persecuted or at least the perception of being persecuted, is a powerful group identifier (after all its built into the job description of the Irish - (grin)) so there may be unconcious resistence to alleviating the problem. Best of luck anyway, and at least in Part 3 of this thread we can be constructive rather than critical.

Pete M