LadyPact -> RE: -=Sociologists Reclassify BDSM As “Leisure Activity”=- (10/18/2017 10:58:38 PM)
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For once, there's even too much for me to quote. [:D] I'll just make points as I feel appropriate. I'll give you a couple of easy ones, first. I was never big on the idea that an acronym, with very specific letters, was attempted to be transformed into something that was never intended. In my opinion, BDSM really does stand for Bondage, Discipline, Sadism, and Masochism, or Sadomasochism, if preferred. My further opinion is that attempting to through D/s in there is not correct because other acronyms don't attempt to make abbreviations stand for more than one word should try to stand for two. I'm still waiting for the person to come along to show me other examples of how this works in other areas of life, and it's never been done to my satisfaction, so I've pretty much given up waiting. At the same time, it's been so commonly accepted that I'm not into arguing about it, anymore. I wasn't a part of the 'internet evolution' that makes people want to claim it. I have no desire to dispute a bunch of people who had a UseNet account back in the day. I consider it a lost cause. Let's talk about SSC... You know leather history better than I do. We've talked about this history on other occasions. We know the history off SSC, WHY it became the standard, how it was necessary that the time... I regret to be the person to inform you. David Stein passed just a few days ago. From what I know, he regretted coining SSC. He did it for the press, and EVERY article he had done since, spoke of his reluctance.
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