Rover -> RE: Are Masters Responsible for the Welfare of Their Property? (1/11/2008 8:54:47 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth John, Responsibility reflects consequence. I accept the consequence. Actually, consequences are but one thing to be responsible for. If your responsibility is "complete and without qualification" as you have asserted, then you're responsible for far more than that. You're responsible for everything (that is complete and unqualified). You're responsible for the hot stove she burned herself on, for the other driver that rear-ended her, for the tire that goes flat, for the icy storefront sidewalk she slips and falls on. You're responsible for her safety, for her moods, for her emotions, for the unhealthy food she sneaks when you're not around, for her every action. That's complete and unqualified. Consequences are just the by product. quote:
I know you don't and feel that safe-words suffice and abdicate. No need to falsely state my position. I copy and paste your statements so as not to misquote you. Please have the courtesy to do so as well, but do not persist in making things up (that's called "lying" where I live... you should be more responsible than to engage in that behavior). quote:
It isn't qualified responsibility, it is the exact opposite. It doesn't end with results that are unexpected. I have no responsibility placed on beth or anyone else - its mine. I know you can't accept that for yourself. There are people who have claimed responsibility for Jon Benet Ramsey's death. And some of them probably really believed it when they confessed. And I have no doubt that you have convinced yourself of the authenticity of what you say about your responsibility being "complete and without qualification". Problem is, like John Mark Karr, nobody believes you. It's provably false. quote:
I don't think you are weaker for that position, just different and not wanting similar responsibility. All you need to find is a partner who wants the same. It shouldn't be a problem. Let's call a spade a spade, Merc. You purport to be responsible, and responsible people don't speak from both sides of their face. You do perceive yourself to be superior... and not just to me. You imply it regularly in posts that you write, even stooping so low as to infer that you're superior by virtue of having a slave. You haven't forgotton those posts, have you Merc? quote:
A Master's responsibility may be your "story" but for me its the way we live; including consequences. The danger is when you build in an excuse, like safe-words, to shirk that responsibility. A safeword shirks no responsibility. It's a communication device. Portraying yourself as being responsible "completely and unqualified" shirks responsibility itself... the personal responsibility that every partner must have in order to fulfill the expectations and direction of their partner. quote:
It gives you a path to walk away from the consequence. You need it - I don't. The difference has no impact to me. I'm sure it has no impact to you. It gives me a path from storybook concepts to the reality and practicality of life. Some folks need the storybook more than the reality. And that's fine, until such time as they portray it as reality. quote:
As stated, I am responsible for beth's daily activities. I am responsible for her at all times even when I'm not there. I've provided her one of the safest cars. Don't have her working outside the house. I have security and a gate around the property. All that I can do I do. That is representative of my responsibility. Actually, that is representative of precautions... kinda like having a safeword. Helping you to fulfill your (limited, by necessity and reality) role as "protector". I could say that it's representative of shirking your responsibility onto the car maker, the security agency, the gate and manufacturer, etc. But that's no more true than falsely claiming that safewords shirk responsibility either. See, that's the difference between a principled position and one taken out of convenience or the motivation of appearance (gee, you don't seem like the insecure type but you sure do go out of your way to remind us about how Domly you are....). quote:
Accepting the pragmatic - it doesn't fully protect her, but it is as far as I can go right now. It provides no guarantee, but at at least backed away from that previously represented position that responsibility applies a guarantee. I'm glad you know you were wrong in that. Complete and unqualified responsibility does require a guarantee or it's neither complete nor unqualfied. What is wrong is to continue to suggest that you (or anyone) is or can be responsible "completely and unqualified". quote:
I have no idea where you got the position that I thought "Masters are dangerous". But you must think they are dangerous, if your position on safewords is a principled one. You state that safewords offer no guarantee, and shirk responsibility. And it's been shown that Masters provide no guarantee, and must (by necessity) rely upon the responsibility of others. So a principled position would require you to also believe that Masters are dangerous. Are you that principled? I thought not. quote:
I would think they are if they claim to be a 'master' yet put equal responsibility for consequence on their 'submissive' but, unilaterally, no it is not my belief that "Masters" aren't dangerous; safe words are. Yet my 'world' still turns with disagreement without even a speed bump. I hope yours someday can be the same. I have no idea what this passage is supposed to mean, other than you're professing some other superior quality that must give you some level of satisfaction. quote:
There is no need for you to agree with my principles. I have no problem with yours. However I will never cater to your version of the "one true way". In order to agree or disagree with your principles, you must first have them. Thus far, they are not in evidence. quote:
Succinctly as possible, "Completely and without qualification" represented my responsibility. It does NOT point to the consequences of how that responsibility is manifested. Lemme see... that would be a.... qualification? quote:
It comes with no guarantee or assurance of safety. Lemme see... that would be... another qualification? quote:
Debate any tangent, feel free to apply any assumption. No assumptions, just your own statements. quote:
It's very clear and principled to me and beth; and that is the only importance. It represents no 'dogma' but 'Mercnbeth' dogma. I leave the one true way dogma to others better qualified, informed, and vastly more experienced with long term relationship dynamics. That's way beyond the scope intended by the one sentence which generating your response. Not worth commenting upon. John
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