Amaros -> RE: what is TPE 24/7? (10/1/2009 10:22:38 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Amaros Last: google "slavery" and see how many pages it takes to reach a page that isn't talking about involuntary servitude - just sayin'. and what exactly does that prove? 200 years ago in the united states of america, coming across 100 random black people, you could find that the first 60 of those could not read or write. does that then prove that at the time, no black person could read or write? would you have defined a black person as "one who is illiterate?" Amaros, you don't seem to realize that not everyone in the D/s or BDSM worlds wishes to live in a fairyland. i personally am not a "bdsm slave." i do not live a "bdsm lifestyle." i do not identify with the overwhelming majority of those who use those labels, as my way of life and beliefs are just so different. my Master and i believe in keeping things simple and organic. we don't re-define words or twist language, nor do we engage in the common practices of scening or playing. what makes me his slave is the fact that he has total control over my life, and truly for me there are no other options. not that i want any, that is way i chose this. but were i ever to change my mind one day it would matter little, as what is done is done. i do not feel the need to invent a new term to separate the slavery i live from any other form of real slavery. consensual slavery can be real slavery, coercive slavery can be real slavery, legally sanctioned slavery can be real slavery...none of those adjectives define slavery itself, they simple describe the particular hue. i do feel that those who do not live and furthmore have no interest in living within real slavery, but for whatever odd reason "get off" on the label, should perhaps consider using more appropriate terminology, but that is not likely to occur. What the google experiment proves is that the colloquial definition of slavery is still strongly connected to the state of involuntary servitude amongst people who write articles on the internet. As for the rest, I in no way mean to question the degree and quality of your commitment, and if anything, the term slave probably doesn't do you justice, so it goes. It would be far less valuable to me if it were coerced, that's just cheating. [:'(]
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