Lynnxz
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Joined: 10/3/2006 From: Atlanta Status: offline
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Ugh. Hanable is EXACTLY right. Idiots like this is why BDSM is still viewed with suspicion and disgust by many. Couple that with the ridiculous, almost cultish "secrecy" attitude some people get about BDSM, and we are screwed. That retard fully deserves any charges brought up against him. On a side note... people don't realize how bad the whole cliquish attitude hurts the public view of BDSM. Should you go out waving your flogger everywhere, and popping small children in the eye with a singletail? No. But then again, should you do what I've seen many "lifestylers" (for lack of a better word, I know it's not totally appropriate, there are some really cool people that identify as lifestyle) do, and only associate with kinky people, look down on "Vanillas" and have that general pompous attitude? No... wtf good is that? There are many people in my life that -if they don't know that I'm a pro-sub, they at least know I'm a little deviant occasionally. They ask questions, I answer them honestly, but I don't go into detail, and I don't try for the shock factor. Why? Because the more the general public knows about something, the less likely they are to jump on a bandwagon and judge it. I'd say at least 90% of the people I have conversations with about kink-related topics, look favorably on it. When that idiot went to her place of work, and started beating up on her, he PERMANENTLY skewed everyone that saw/heard about it. You really think they will ever look upon bdsm or any kind of M/s relationship in a positive light after this? Ugh, Darwin Award candidate right there. There seems like there might be a bit more to the story... it didn't happen to get picked up by the press did it?
< Message edited by Lynnxz -- 4/25/2008 10:29:07 PM >
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