KnightofMists
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ORIGINAL: sassiefire ok, here' the deal, i made a horrible mistake which I am ashamed of. (hindsight is 20-20) I was talking to Master,he said he decided to quit smoking again. He had quit before and gone back and was ready to quit again. In my infinite wisdom, I called him a dumbass for starting back smoking instead of being proud of him for deciding to quit again. Dumbass.... uh... wrong thing to say under any circumstances. omg as soon as the words were out of my mouth, I was looking at the ground with my hand over my mouth. Part of my punishment is to post this and ask, "If your slave did this, how would you punish her/him? This for me is a perfect reason of why I don't have much use for punishment in general. Yes a mistake was made.... But the mistake was only in expressing an good opinion in an inappropriate manner. personally... my response would of been to ask the girl... "Was that the appropriate manner to express your opinion?" I would only accept a "Yes" or "NO" answer... cutting off any attempt to explain etc. Then ask..."So what is the appropriate manner to express your opinion" IE "Sir, I think it was a mistake that you starting smoking again" my response could of been.... "YES your right, it was a mistake" The point is... this was an opportunity to correct inappropriate behavior and reward the girl for good judgement. Punishment gets focused on what the person did wrong... and my big concern for most people in the manner they handle punishment is they send wrong signals. in this example... the girl could transfer the mistake of stating "dumbass" and make it "I shouldn't express my opinion". There was nothing wrong with her opinion... Just the manner it was delivered.
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Knight of Mists An Optimal relationship is achieved when the individuals do what is best for themselves and their relationship.
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