leadership527
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Well, my immediate thought is that the very last thing in the entire world that this community needs is yet more poorly defined jargon to describe a very simple concept. We especially don't need one rooted vaguely in some half-reconstituted pseudo-history -- it just reeks of the whole ancient secret order thing. Will we be having arguments next about whether someone is a real odalisque or not? Let's get serious here for just one second before we go back into fantasy land. Come on folks. I tell carol to do stuff. Sometimes she does it, sometimes not. For the most part, that decision is determined by my skills and abilities as a leader and hers as a follower. There ya go... subs/slaves/doms/masters/sultans/odalisques/kings/concubines/kajiras ... all of it. done! Even top/bottom might (I don't know enough to comment well) fit into that model. About the only qualifier that's worth mentioning is any known limits and even that is mostly empty space since limits have a real tendency to change relationship to relationship. Here's a little safety tip.... you are not that special. We are not that special. The only thing that makes any of this worth talking about at all is that when it works, it can be a great thing. But there is really no need to redefine history or reality in order to get to that. I now return this thread to it's regularly scheduled flight of fancy. Please return your keyboard trays to their folded and upright position. quote:
Losttreasure said: The founders of this code obviously felt that BDSM does not embrace all possible permutations of submissive and slavery... particularly ones that don't involve S&M and the degradation of a slave. From what I've seen, I'd have to agree. Perhaps people wouldn't feel the need to try to justify what it is that they enjoy if they weren't made to feel illegitimate *shrugs* I can certainly sympathize. But isn't it just easier to say, as I do, "I'm not into BDSM" if you feel you don't belong in the group? Isn't it easier just to take out the jargon which serves no purpose anyway rather than add to it?
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~Jeff I didn't so much "enslave" Carol as I did "enlove" her. - Me I want a joyous, loving, respectful relationship where the male is in charge and deserves to be. - DavanKael
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