LadyPact
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ORIGINAL: dreamlady What I don't understand is why would anyone tolerate bad behavior in the name of kink or D/s or anything else? Especially when it comes to non-victimless crimes. LadyPact, I'm sure I'm not saying anything you don't already know, but it's that double-edged sword of tolerance/intolerance that causes many to err on the side of looking away and not following their gut instincts when they detect there's something wrong going on that could be damaging to themselves and to others. DreamLady I honestly don't have the answer for the why. My personal opinions and theories on it don't translate well to fact because, unfortunately, mind reading is not one of my capabilities. I did a quick spin through the Alternative Lifestyles in the News section last evening. It's nowhere near the information on criminal cases that can be found on Fet but I attribute that to the much lower rate of forum participation here compared to there. It makes me wonder if folks know just how many of the people who are getting those headlines were members of their local kink communities and of those, just how many had prior complaints about them who were still welcome before whatever big splash made them a news story. Without boring folks to death some of those include: * The "Master Bob" case from Detroit. (He's the one who arranged to have his wife killed because he wanted to engage in BDSM but didn't want to divorce the wife/take the financial loss.) * The "WhiskeyBusiness" case in Chicago. Complaints had been filed against him, asking for his removal from the kink community by multiple people. (He ended up going to his former submissive's home, raping her, and then tried to set her house on fire.) * The couple in Murfreesboro, TN. (They were the ones who killed their female submissive in their own home.) A couple of them that didn't make national news but were also instances of people who were not banned by their community even after multiple complaints were received. (You may know of one of the stories, DreamLady because of being not far from you.) * The former GLS Studios. Three separate women had gone to the owner/operator of GLS Studios because they had been sexually assaulted by, (get this) the club's head DM. All three incidents happened on the premises. GLS Studios refused to remove the person as the head DM, right up until criminal charges were filed and a conviction obtained. The club closed shortly after that. * The Lady H***** incidents in CA. Multiple people had been bringing complaints against her and it was asked of various venues to ban her. She was not until she publicly admitted to sexual assault. (She did not admit to the criminal case that was still pending against her that involved sexual assault and hitting a trans* person in the face so hard that dental work was required.) From that point, she was banned from the club in CA but still presented at Sin in the City on, of all things, negotiation and consent. These are just the tip of the iceberg. I didn't even get into issues such as embezzlement, property damage, and some other highlights that have been perpetrated by people we can't seem to remove. We suck at removing the criminal element in our kink communities. If we don't get better at it, some of this is only going to get worse.
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