Chimortis -> RE: cash Masters??? (9/14/2009 9:50:31 AM)
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There's little more to be said here that doesn't involve degenerating into a flame war, other than that I very strongly disagree with your assertions. If we are to cow-tow to "societal norms", we should absolutely not engage in exactly the sort of things that this website was designed to facilitate. By nature, folks in the BDSM community are outside of societal norms, often in more ways than just BDSM (from tabletop RPG gamers to people with three-digit IQs, and people with non-traditional religious beliefs) By acquiescing to societal standards as you would have us do, we give up what makes us unique. Some people enjoy paying for a given service. I do not believe that their having that fetish makes them less rational in any manner. We all have our own set of fetishes, and I would no sooner judge you based on yours than I would those people, as you have done here. As for society as a whole, I must strongly disagree with that statement. Such laws are based on antiquated ultra-right-wing Christo-fascist authoritarian governments and the laws they have chosen to impose - which, in many cases around the country, also outlaw homosexuality. In many places, laws against homosexuality have been removed, and as we move forward, I believe that laws against legitimate sex work will also gradually go away as well (as they have in some states already, too!) Society must progress past outdated notions of morality and stop legislating such morality to continue to progress. I believe it will do so. Historical fact is on my side (see: legalizing medical marijuana, legalizing gay marriage, bringing an end to sodomy laws, bringing an end to laws against sex work such as in Nevada).
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