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Did she just tip over?  I hadn't heard beyond her going to the hospital over some pneumonia a couple weeks ago.....I had thought it was from performing airstarts at 83 years old in the frigid LA smog............

Sammy the Bull

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ORIGINAL: camille65

How then, does living by a set of rules change that? How does it prevent someone from the 'outside' from crying abuse?

It won't, the only thing that will eventually "cure" that is familiarity.  History is a clear teacher of that.  Anytime someone or some group started doing things a new way or differently... that is in a way that was unfamiliar... there was resistance, ridicule and the occasional burning at the stake.  People have a natural fear of the unknown, and that's not entirely unhealthy.  That resistance to change is part of what allows societies to hold together and maintain a cultural identity.  But change is inevitable, it happens, and its often at least a little painful... again, its just how it is.

But look around, you see this lifestyle gaining more and more recognition, and with that gradually comes familiarity.  Look at how much more widespread and accepted things are now than they were say 20 years ago... 50 years ago.  Things have gotten better in very tangible ways.  Are there still hurdle to get over, sure.  Give it time and in the meantime be reasonably careful.  I don't see this lifestyle as dying at all, I see it doing just the opposite, growing and thriving on an increasingly expanding scale and with increasing diversity.
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ORIGINAL: Jeffff

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

Did she just tip over?  I hadn't heard beyond her going to the hospital over some pneumonia a couple weeks ago.....I had thought it was from performing airstarts at 83 years old in the frigid LA smog............

Sammy the Bull

Oops.........ok.....she isn't actually dead....... just kinda dry n brittle.......I am still not that kinky

George Burns

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ORIGINAL: LotusSong

and Women seek Conan the Barbarian (intelligence optional) types.
 

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ORIGINAL: LaTigresse

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ORIGINAL: Jeffff

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

Did she just tip over?  I hadn't heard beyond her going to the hospital over some pneumonia a couple weeks ago.....I had thought it was from performing airstarts at 83 years old in the frigid LA smog............

Sammy the Bull

Oops.........ok.....she isn't actually dead....... just kinda dry n brittle.......I am still not that kinky

George Burns

Yes you are.......your just afraid to admit it cuz it's not old school. Breaking one of those brittle old bones wouldn't be safe sane or consentual......

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ORIGINAL: LaTigresse

Don't forget the flying nun.....

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ORIGINAL: Darcyandthedark

The only way you would avoid that, would for all relationships to stick to conventional views of what a relationship is - BDSM is not a set of rules it's a simple acronym. 

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For those that know me, part of my charm is my "certainty" :)

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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

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ORIGINAL: LaTigresse

Don't forget the flying nun.....

I dont go for those perky cunts.....I like my women like I like my coffee: strong, black, and bitter.......

Thos. Jefferson  

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ORIGINAL: kitttty

Oh well.

The thing I see at least on collarme is that people into the lifestyle actually do judge and they actually do have standards- they just contradict whatever they perceive mainstream society to value.

There have been a number of comments about how thin women are unhealthy, gross etc, while continuous encouragement is given to accept people that are medically termed as 'morbidly obese' as beautiful.

It is like pulling teeth to explain why dropping out of school to be a stripper/hooker is a bad idea for a smart girl, but my Master gets continuous flack for requiring me to get a 98th percentile score on my LSAT. If my master told me to take five more years to do menial jobs in order to find myself, then this would certainly be seen as a great idea though.

People who value family and marriage are seen as naive, delusional and brainwashed while people who want to relocate and remain collared for a decade with no security blanket are defended in the name of 'don't judge their kink'.

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ORIGINAL: LotusSong

and Women seek Conan the Barbarian (intelligence optional) types.
 

And just for the record...my inner nerd couldn't let this go... Conan the Barbarian is a very intelligent character in the original stories, the comics, and even in the movie(despite the fact he's very short on words).  He's multilingual, capable of rather advanced reading, writing, and decyphering abilities.  He's also a talented strategist, and a top-rate administrator.  And yes, there was at least one story that I'm aware of where he had sadomasochistic leanings with a great love of his.  God, I think we should make Conan president of Collarme!

The preceding was paid for by the friends and supporters of Conan of Cimmeria.

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ORIGINAL: LotusSong
About boxes... ever work in an office that didn't have assigned mail slots?  Either the mail ends up in one big pile waiting for the recipient to find it or someone has to hand deliver it to each and every addressee which is rather a big waste of time and lays the responsibility on one person or department.
 

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ORIGINAL: Shawn1066

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ORIGINAL: LotusSong

and Women seek Conan the Barbarian (intelligence optional) types.
 

And just for the record...my inner nerd couldn't let this go... Conan the Barbarian is a very intelligent character in the original stories, the comics, and even in the movie(despite the fact he's very short on words).  He's multilingual, capable of rather advanced reading, writing, and decyphering abilities.  He's also a talented strategist, and a top-rate administrator.  And yes, there was at least one story that I'm aware of where he had sadomasochistic leanings with a great love of his.  God, I think we should make Conan president of Collarme!

The preceding was paid for by the friends and supporters of Conan of Cimmeria.