EvilGeoff
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Well no one can really own any one, so it all seems to be just role play. In the U.S.A its against the law to own another person or have a slave, so is this legal or is it all just role play?
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Now then...
In modern society, slavery, as a state of being, has been legislated out of existence. It is not legally possible to own another human being, to sell them like property, to deny them civil liberties, ownership of property, freedom of movement, to force them to labor at undesired work, etc. because they are "owned."
However, the law has never stopped people from doing what they wanted. Just some very quick and common examples: Selling certain kinds of drugs is illegal. Killing other people in certain circumstances is illegal. Exchanging sex for money is illegal. The list goes on, but you get the idea. Legal slavery does not exist. ILLEGAL slavery certainly does. And never forget that the functional equivalent of slavery absolutely exists. Ask any convicted felon about their stay in prison, about their freedom of movement once out of prison, their ability to vote or own certain kinds of property, etc.
But the kind of slavery we are talking about and practice in this lifestyle is CONSENTUAL slavery. It is the volunatry and willing surrender of power and authority to another person. The slave is not a slave because the law says so, the slave is not a slave because someone forces him or her into slavery. The slave is a slave because it is the call of his or her heart to be a slave. It is a need, deep within their soul, that can only be filled by the total surrender they experience through obedience and service to the one who owns them.
In a sense, I suppose it could be considered role playing. Just as we take on the role of Father or Mother, the role of Husband or Wife, the role of Employee or Manager. For the Owner, or the slave, this is a facet of their life, a role they use to find fulfillment of their needs.
Being a slave is not a role like Sean Connery playing at being James Bond, or Halle Berry playing Catwoman. It isn't something that can easily be set aside and walked away from. It is an essential part of the spiritual, emotional and mental make up of the slave or Owner. Without their counterparts, neither the Owner, nor the slave, feel complete. They can function quite well without, but it is always better with.
There are those people who can't wrap their heads or hearts around the idea that someone would voluntarily be a slave. Those people will never be able to understand the joy and peace a slave finds when he or she connects with the Owner who will take their leash and accept the huge responsibility that Owning a human being incurs. They'll never experience that rush of power an Owner feels when a slave surrenders to obedience. The people who can't, or won't, understand or accept this emotional and spiritual truth will almost always condemn those they don't understand. And we who walk this path have to deal with that lack of understanding daily.
That's sad, but it's true.
What I do with my girl, with our play partners, isn't abuse. It may be painful, it may be intense, but abusive? Never. I do what I do with love and pleasure, my girl and our play partners do what they do with love and pride and contentment. They know they are free to leave at any time, the door is never locked, the chains are never welded on, no one is ever threatened with injury or harm that is not consented to clearly and completely.
Even discipline is consented to. I never punish or lash out in anger, they know I will be fair and even handed, if they are disciplined it is because they knowingly broke a rule. Ignorance or mis-communication is never a cause for punishment, it's a chance to educate or practice better communcation skills. Willful disobedience on the other hand, is grounds for discipline and they understand that.
As you can see this is a subject I am rather passionate about and I could go on for days, but I will stop boring y'all and bring this to a close with this thought:
My way is not the only way. It's just one of a bazillion possible ways. Feel free to use what works for you and discard the rest.
YIK,
- Geoff
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