MasterSlaveLA -> RE: Do you ever wish you were not a slave (10/21/2009 3:00:34 PM)
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ORIGINAL: ishyB quote:
ORIGINAL: MasterSlaveLA FACT: Both subs and slaves on these boards have stated they have left their respective Tops, Masters, Doms/Dommes, Owners, or whatever from time for whatever reason; which means... <get ready for this>... EVERYONE HAS A CHOICE... PRE AND POST ENSLAVEMENT AND/OR OWNERSHIP!!! Thus, your position, which apparently disagrees that slaves still have a choice to leave following enslavement or ownership, has clearly been proven WRONG time and time and time and time again through R-E-A-L-I-T-Y. Your fantasy doesn't discount reality; which has proven your position MORE than wrong. Any slave can leave anytime, and many do. That's a FACT. Greetings MasterSlaveLA, Howdy!!! [sm=smile.gif] quote:
May I suggest to you that you make a leap in logic with this statement? You may suggest it... but I'd have to disagree with it. quote:
All that is proven by the fact that some people who self-identify as "slaves" leave their "owners" is that at the very least some people are able to do so. However, this path of logic in NO way proves that all people who self-identify as "slaves" are able to do so. QUESTION: Please provide a scenario where a slave is LEGALLY UNABLE to leave, should they decide they NO LONGER CONSENT to remain with their Owner. *Note: Lack of finances doesn't count, because anyone can always dash off to a half-way house, if need be. quote:
On the contrary... if some people who self-identify as slaves would not be able to leave their "owner" they could never in any possible way be represented in the group that did leave their "owner". If they stay, then they don't REALLY want to leave. Some are fine with living an unhappy life, but that simply doesn't change the fact that they have a CHOICE to leave if they TRULY wanted to. Many vanilla couples stay together in unfulfilling relationships too... but that does NOT mean they don't have a CHOICE to part if they TRULY want to. quote:
As to my personal belief on if a self-identified "slave" can leave its "owner"... I know that through the history of mankind, there have been many reported cases of people who have for a whole range of reasons been unable to leave their relationships If we're citing "history" then you're referring to ILLEGAL SLAVERY, which is vastly different from CONSENSUAL SLAVERY. If you're citing a scenario such as Stockholm Syndrome, then that too has its roots in ILLEGAL SLAVERY, via an ILLEGAL ABDUCTION. quote:
...or have felt like they were unable to leave their relationships. FEELING they can't leave does not negate their still having a CHOICE to leave. I can FEEL like the ruler of the world, but doesn't make it so. Whether one feels they can leave or not does not change the fact that they still have a CHOICE to stay or leave. quote:
Think about Stockholm-syndrome, or some reports of abusive relationships, arranged marriages with family pressure, low-income families where one of the spouses have no income, and so on... Already answered about... an ILLEGAL ABDUCTION does not constitute CONSENSUAL SLAVERY. Doesn't count. quote:
Now while in all these cases, the subject might have the legal right to make the choice to leave, there seemingly still seems to be something that keeps some "trapped" in these relationships, while in similar circumstances, other people can easily make the choice to exercise their legal right to leave. It is my suggestion that those people who do not leave, do so out of more than just the choice not to exercise their legal right. Instead, they often feel on a physiological level that they are physically unable to make that choice. Again... FEELING a certain way does not negate anyone's CHOICE to stay or leave. Whether one CHOOSES to exercise their CHOICE to stay or leave, does not remove the existence of that choice. quote:
Now I am not stating here that self-identified "slavery" is the same thing as an abusive relationship, I do however wish to suggest that IF it is possible that some people can be psychologically "trapped" in a certain relationship, that that same thing seemingly would be possible with other people in different relationships. I know I'm sounding like a broken record here, but again... FEELING trapped does not remove the existence of one's CHOICE to leave. Thus, what I'd stated still holds true... EVERYONE STILL HAS A CHOICE, whether they CHOOSE to exercise that choice or not. quote:
Self-identified "slaves" surely will always remain the legal right to leave. But at the same time, it is possible to bring certain human beings into a mindset were they feel unable to exercise their legal rights. This can happen either with a willing or unwilling subject, under the right circumstances. Again... FEELING a certain way does not remove the existence of one's CHOICE (legal or otherwise) to leave. Thus, what I'd stated still holds true... EVERYONE STILL HAS A CHOICE, whether they CHOOSE to exercise that choice or not. quote:
I wish you well, Back at ya!!! [sm=smile.gif]
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