Aswad
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ORIGINAL: GhitaAmati Sorry aswad, I honestly meant my previous comment along the lines of a smart ass response... No need to apologize. I should have read it as such. quote:
True, I've spent much more time around power tools than I have in bed, but I take risks to negate the dangers in both places. IE: saftey goggles and shields on saws and other normal precautions...in bed that equates to condoms and trusting my Sir to not hand me over to just anybody off the street. ~nod~ quote:
But, take away the fact that my example was construction...does a Master/Dom own a slaves/subs non-sexual services any more or less than her suxual ones? As far as I'm concerned, this depends on the nature of the relationship. The Master gets to do with an owned body as he wishes, and the same thing for skills, at least how I see it. Assuming a slave is both good at fixing cars and giving head, I see no reason why either should be different in regard to what the Master may demand. Of course, most have restrictions on their use, so these may apply. If the restrictions aren't specific about it, however, I'd say any difference comes down to consequences and the risk of incurring undesired ones. A slave who cannot be shared sexually, where the reason is a restriction on health risks, is one who cannot be lent to others for services that are equally risky. If the restriction is due to some concept of monogamy, then I think it would be more correct to describe the person as a submissive in a monogamous relationship than a slave, although one may of course still use the latter word for other reasons than proximity to the literal sense of the word. quote:
Its for the Master to choose who to share his things with, Sir loans out ladders and chainsaws, but only to people he trusts to take care of those tools and bring them back in good condition. Same with me... I concur, though I would place greater value on such a rare and precious thing as a slave. A pen, I will forget ever having lent to anyone. A CD, I will lend to anyone who hasn't demonstrated that they will neglect to return it, or demonstrated that it will be in poor condition. A laptop, I will lend to one I am sure will return it in good condition. Whether I will let someone use a slave, depends on the slave (both in terms of restrictions on her use, and in terms of how valued she is), the person who wants to use her, and what she would be used for. I would not be inclined to lend one to a stranger, though I would not object to most "casual" use in my presence. Condoms, for me, come down to "would I have unprotected sex with this person myself?" The answer to that, absent having locked them up for 6 months (incubation time) and tested them for STDs, would quite uniformly be "no". I limit the risks I expose myself and my property to quite significantly, insofar as I am aware of the risk and know how to limit or avoid it.
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"If God saw what any of us did that night, he didn't seem to mind. From then on I knew: God doesn't make the world this way. We do." -- Rorschack, Watchmen.
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