LanceHughes
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ORIGINAL: LanceHughes Well, DSM-IV (TR) tells us the legal and medical definition of what is NOT "normal." I could give a rat's ass about the psychological community in this country... Guess what, there are people all over the world doing weird and unusual things, some of them ritually masochistic, and no one has labeled them as being deviant... My issue with this whole topic is that it is ethnocentric which makes it ridiculous for me to even debate. [sarcasm]What a delightful "cop out."[/sarcasm] The topic is of GREAT concern to BDSMers that live in the USA. Yes, other parts of the world live under less stringent laws. The "passing" (as in dying) of DSM-IV(TR) should be celebrated in the USA BDSM and Leather communities. And if you don't "get it" as to why, please look at the US as part of the world. It's NOT an ethnocentric topic, it's a world-wide human topic. What hurts one, hurts us all. I guess I'm saying there are NO "ethnocentric" topics anymore. We are all joined as ONE ! I'm not sure where your particular "world view" comes from, but I encourage you to learn of the importance of the DSM-V by looking at any of the links above. If the Christians are so set against this action, maybe, just maybe it's good for the rest of us, y'think? ETA: By the way, there's nothing to debate..... did you see anything I might have missed? Serious question - NOT sarcastic, not rhetorical
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