KittenWithaTwist
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Joined: 8/3/2005 Status: offline
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Okay. I've avoided your other topics because they keep boiling down to this one issue for you. Now that you've started up a topic on this *one* issue, I guess I'll issue you my two cents. It isn't about whether or not you're offended by your submissive/slave calling other people Sir or Ma'am, Mistress or Master, Lord blahblahblah whatever. It is about the comfort level of *others*. For instance, I am not comfortable with people I do not know, nor will probably ever meet calling me "Mistress" or "subbie" or "switchie" or whatever they might wish. If they would like to address me, they may use my real name (if they have the pleasure of knowing it) or my screenname. This is about my comfort level. Your comfort level lies in being called "Sir" or "Master", or that is what I pull from your various entries on the subject. My comfort level is in using one's first name or screenname. Hey look, we're at odds. Perhaps we can compromise? I might refer to you as "Mister Six72". You are now presented with a respectful title, and I have not breeched my own level of comfort. I don't happen to believe in the "only submit to one" thing, because I often submit (or dominate) many people. I also top and bottom to many people. Some of those people, whom I am good friends with, will use honorific titles for me, or I will use honorific titles for them. This is, of course, based on my comfort level, and the comfort level of the person I am playing with. I don't believe that one's use of honorific BDSM or D/s or Gor related titles has anything to do with respect or even politeness. It has to do with how comfortable we are in a given setting. When I did the whole Gor thing online, I was expected to refer to all "Free" persons as Master or Mistress. I was comfortable doing so, so I did. Did I necessarily respect everyone? Heck no. In fact, I thought a lot of those people were morons. But I referred to them in a way that made me most comfortable anyway. I hope that I have explained my thoughts well. Perhaps you will get the message quickly, rather than starting yet another thread on this same topic. ~K.
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