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Luther6 -> RE: Your Policy on Property? (7/3/2007 5:29:40 AM)
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Tal Bull:
I do not recall any passage in the books where it was expected as courtesy for a guest to refuse an offer of a slave. I am aware of several posts stating the general courtesy of sharing slaves with guests. This appears to be a common custom.
"In a large house, with various slave girls, it is thought only an act of courtesy on the part of a host to permit a guest the use of one of the girls for the evening. Each of the girls considered eligible for this service, at one time or another during the evening, will approach the guest and offer him wine. His choice is indicated by the one from whom he accepts wine."
(Assassin of Gor, p.89)
“Yes,” she cried, angrily. “I was pleased! He was handsome, and strong, and Gorean, and I was a female slave. I thought he might ask for my use, and that it would be granted him by you in Gorean courtesy!”
It was true. Had a guest expressed interest in Vella, Elizabeth, a former secretary from Earth, one of my slaves, I would surely have given her to him for his night’s pleasure. And if he were not fully pleased, I would have had her whipped in the morning."
(Beasts of Gor, p.16-17)
"It is a common Gorean hospitality to offer the use of one’s slaves to guests, if they should find them attractive."
(Fighting Slave of Gor, p.174)
"It is common to provide a guest with a girl for the night, to see to his comfort."
(Rogue of Gor, p.196)
Though this is a common custom, it is far from absolute. There is ample evidence in the books where Gorean men would refuse to allow their guests to share their slaves.
"It is a common Gorean hospitality to offer the use of one’s slaves to guests, if they should find them attractive. The Lady Florence of Vonda, she to whom I belonged, could give or assign me, as any slave she owned, to whomsoever she pleased. She had, however, at least thus far, kept me for herself. Sometimes when there were guests at her villa southwest of Vonda I was kept locked in my kennel."
(Fighting Slave of Gor, p.174)
"Although Marcus was harsh with his slave, pretending even to a casual and brutal disdain for her, he was also, it might be mentioned, extremely possessive where she was concerned. Indeed, he was almost insanely jealous of her. She was not the sort of girl, for example, whom he, as a host, even at the cost of a certain rudeness and inhospitality, would be likely to hand over for the nightly comfort of a guest. It would be at his slave ring alone that she would be likely to find herself chained."
(Magicians of Gor, p.27-28)
So, many of the positions evidenced in this thread certainly have support from the books. One certainly does not have to make their slave available for everyone and anyone.
Luther
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