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ORIGINAL: lally2

if the accepted 'norm' for all Dominants was that they should be completely devoid of any human compassion for their submissve and that to be any other way would not be a true expression of DOMINANCE in this world of ours what would we as submissives do.

allowing for the fact that submissives require a degree of Dominance and BDSM and all else that makes us come here to these places in search for our counterparts - would Ds and Ms still thrive.

i know its hypothetical but its a thought prompted from another thread and the dozens or so similar to it that crop up from time to time.  that a slave or submissive isnt 'true' if they have any sort of choice or option before any relationship even begins or has any right to end it.

what if there were real auctions and we were sold like cattle - would we submit ourselves to that or would we pass, given as ive said, that we are here for the obvious reasons that Ds Ms and BDSM float us.  if there was no other option open to us, would we still be here.

and to the Dominants, would you prefer this to be the case, on some level - would you still be here.

to be honest im not sure that i would be, but then again, i suppose there would always be the hope that id land up with a kind, caring Master. 

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Whether possible or hypothetical, there is not a chance in hell that I would choose to be in a dynamic where the person does not care for me and worse, is devoid of all human compassion for me and others.

I was in a situation that developed slowly into this once and I would rather die than ever engage in that again.

So to answer the question, I would be vanilla rather than choose an uncaring D/s dynamic.

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ORIGINAL: lally2
i know its hypothetical but its a thought prompted from another thread and the dozens or so similar to it that crop up from time to time.  that a slave or submissive isnt 'true' if they have any sort of choice or option before any relationship even begins or has any right to end it.

what if there were real auctions and we were sold like cattle - would we submit ourselves to that or would we pass, given as ive said, that we are here for the obvious reasons that Ds Ms and BDSM float us.  if there was no other option open to us, would we still be here.

and to the Dominants, would you prefer this to be the case, on some level - would you still be here.

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ORIGINAL: LadyRian

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ORIGINAL: lally2
i know its hypothetical but its a thought prompted from another thread and the dozens or so similar to it that crop up from time to time.  that a slave or submissive isnt 'true' if they have any sort of choice or option before any relationship even begins or has any right to end it.

what if there were real auctions and we were sold like cattle - would we submit ourselves to that or would we pass, given as ive said, that we are here for the obvious reasons that Ds Ms and BDSM float us.  if there was no other option open to us, would we still be here.

and to the Dominants, would you prefer this to be the case, on some level - would you still be here.

If this were the case, no. I'd be gone.
The sub always has the right to  choice, as far as I'm concerned. I don't find choice to be adverse to submission, far from it.

I want one who's submission to me is by his own choice based on his well considered decision to do so. And in order to make that well considered decision, we'd need to get to know each other,  see who we are, like who we are, and want to be together. A  submissive who's a partner,  and knows he's his own, strong person, is to me, the most attractive of all.

A slave auction can be a hot fantasy, but if it were the ruling paradigm, I think I'd become an abolitionist.

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ORIGINAL: jujubeeMB

[*~Inspirational words~>]
If I had no choice (forced slavery) I would start an underground movement to end the slavery.

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ORIGINAL: lally2

if the accepted 'norm' for all Dominants was that they should be completely devoid of any human compassion for their submissve and that to be any other way would not be a true expression of DOMINANCE in this world of ours what would we as submissives do.

allowing for the fact that submissives require a degree of Dominance and BDSM and all else that makes us come here to these places in search for our counterparts - would Ds and Ms still thrive.

i know its hypothetical but its a thought prompted from another thread and the dozens or so similar to it that crop up from time to time.  that a slave or submissive isnt 'true' if they have any sort of choice or option before any relationship even begins or has any right to end it.

what if there were real auctions and we were sold like cattle - would we submit ourselves to that or would we pass, given as ive said, that we are here for the obvious reasons that Ds Ms and BDSM float us.  if there was no other option open to us, would we still be here.

and to the Dominants, would you prefer this to be the case, on some level - would you still be here.

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to be honest im not sure that i would be, but then again, i suppose there would always be the hope that id land up with a kind, caring Master.