perverseangelic -> RE: Limits/No Limits (11/4/2005 11:22:24 AM)
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ORIGINAL: perverseangelic I think EVERYONE needs to feel ok with saying "I will not kill or abuse this non-consenting person because you tell me to." and "I will not kill myself because you tell me to." Why does "everyone" need to be OK with that? Does the feelings of, say, my girls really matter to you that deeply in your life? Why would the standards of others be so important to you? Because I have to live in a society of other people, and this situation makes that society dangerous for me to be a part of. For the most part I can say "Well, not my kink, don't get it, but if it works, go for it." However, in this case, it is fesable that aherance to that kink could end my life. Literaly. I feel that this causes me to be invovled in it, at least in some minimal way. I definatly see what you're saying in that it shouldn't matter to me what othe people feel, however, it isn't the -feelings- that trouble me. It's that acting on those feelings would cause other people to lose their lives. Similarly, I couldn't say that the coersion of non-consenting individuals is OK in -any- dynamic, because it is violating the one rule of morality I consider inviolable-do not invovle someone without their consent. It gets iffy, because I beileve their are some moral absolutes, but then, what makes -my- moral absolutes the ones that are truly there? Nothing, and I know it. They are the ones that are absolute for me, though, and because that's the perspective I have, I carry on my discussions from that perspective. quote:
Webmaster60 I'll agree that they are RARE, but they do exist. But please keep in mind.. a No Limits slave concept should ALSO be coupled with the understanding that their Master will not have them do something that would cause them harm (to an extreme degree) or dismemberment. One would not be WITH someone (hopefully) that would do so. But to say a no limits slave is somehow unhealthy is unfair. She has just given that TOTAL trust to her Master and HOPEFULLY he is deserving OF such trust. I do understand what you're saying, and see where you're coming from. My problem comes here though--someone puts their trust in an individual, and over time. While I know that most people can say "Yes, I know my partner will never ask me to kill myself" and have it be the total truth, I think that lacking the mental provision that says "..and even if they -did- ask me to kill myself I wouldn't" is a bad idea. You say hopefully. Say, for example, the owner -isn't- worthy of such trust and asks the property to do something horrible. Commit murder (my all purpose example). Should that property be obligated to commit murder? Should he/she feel he/she has failed if he/she will not kill someone because the owner wasn't trustworthy? I say resoundingly no, and that the mindset that says that he/she -is- obligated and a failure if he/she doesn't is not good. I am NOT saying that someone should not trust his/her partner implicitly. But, frankly, I -do- think it is unhealthy to say, and mean 'I would kill myself and/or abuse other non-consenting individuals at my owner's behest." It isn't that I think that being what we -call- a "no limits slave" is a bad thing. The way most use it, it means, I've found, that someone has limits that match his/her owner so limits do not become a question. When I hear "no limits' though, I hear "I will do -anything- Period." That is the mindset I find unhealthy. Not the desire to submit to one's owner's desire because the owner's and property's morals and limits match and are never questioned. I find that to be an incredibly desirable relationship. quote:
Webmaster60 The mentality that If it's a limit, it's not pushed, it's not prodded. It's a limit. If you're worried about getting a disease from your Master.. Then perhaps there is a larger problem involved. And if your Master were to share you (just an example) then he would insure (hopefully) that you're protected. What about limits that are limits for health reasons? I cannot get water in my ears. That's a limit. I =must= be on my medication and I =must= take it at the same time every day. That's a limit that cannot change regardless as to my partner's desire. Or moral limits? I will not abuse someone. Period. No amount of trust is going to make me willing to commit acts of abuse against a non-consenting individual. Sure stuff like "I really really dislike watersports" are meant to be played with IMHO. Or 'I don't enjoy swallowing after oral sex" I just don't see those as limits. Limits are the stuff mentioned up there. Hell, "safe sex" isn't a limit with me. I hate condoms. I don't wear them, basically ever. But I have friends for whom that's alimit, so with them, we wear condoms. IN that case, though, it's his owner that has required the limit. He prefers to be without condoms, but as she likes mulitple parnters she requires him to wear condoms. ~shrug~
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