Aswad
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Aynne, there's a lot of Americans here, too. Seems being American is all about BDSM, right? No? Oh, could've fooled me. Says "state" in the profile, even.
Or, maybe not..
And maybe Goreans who are into BDSM started going to CM because it turned out to be a nice place. Maybe we eventually got a corner of our own to play in, so as to avoid the endless friction that occurs when people are discussing things from two different frames of reference. If the Afghani were a sizeable group on this board, and chose to discuss their marriages in BDSM terms, I'm pretty sure there would be a fair bit of friction. And eventually a seperate section for them, too, so that people would know not to step on toes by starting from a different premise than the one in use. And I'm pretty sure that, after a while, there would be a lot of threads about other subjects in that part of the board, just like in this part of the board.
History... pay attention to it, or repeat mistakes ad nauseam... that's why this subsection is even here in the first place.
In this corner of the boards, there's a loose gathering of people who are a partial intersection between Goreans and M/s folk and BDSM folk and others. The common thread is that we all have some interest in, or stake in, or commitment to, or whatever with regard to, the Gorean lifestyles and philosophies. And, yes, most of us here are also interested in a set of activities and relationship models that fit under the BDSM umbrella. However, most of us approach those from one set of angles and have little interest in debating how that fits under said umbrella, e.g. with regard to models of consent, definitions of terms, and whatnot. So that goes here, too.
See, as an example with regards to origins, if we post on the other side, and use the term slave, everyone will read that as one of a million different things, few of which will have anything to do with what we have in mind. Then everyone will start commenting about how this doesn't mesh with their worldview. And there we go. A simple thing becomes a huge deal. It doesn't need to be. When the same thing is posted here, everyone has a reasonably good idea of what's being talked about, and the how's and why's of it. In short, this group has a fairly homogenous jargon, a fairly common point of reference, and a fairly consistent outlook (compared to the rest of the board, anyhow).
So here we are. And like the rest, we like to talk about other things than slaves, too. Sometimes, that'll be topics that we approach from a particular outlook, and then it goes here. And sometimes, Goreans who have dropped by simply because it's worked out to be a nice place to debate, without an interest in the male-female-whateverbrandofale side of things, will participate in discussions on those topics. Which gets less noisy than doing it in the general part of the board, and more productive overall.
The place has acquired a flavor and atmosphere that nobody intended, becoming something distinct.
Failing to see the course of board history in it will obscure the distinction you're missing.
Health,
al-Aswad.
< Message edited by Aswad -- 12/25/2009 4:09:41 PM >
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