Rover
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ORIGINAL: daddysprop247 a slave does not have the right to leave of their own free will, and there are those Masters out there who take the pains necessary to ensure that their property cannot leave. You may not have the "right" to leave (though I suspect that you would "discover" that right if it should become necessary) but making a blanket statement for all slaves is, at the very least, inappropriate. People have what rights are agreed upon within their relationship, not those that are "granted" them by.... ummmm... anyone else. And those that "take the pains necessary to ensure that their property cannot leave" are called abusers. They're found in any of your local, state or federal prisons, and really have nothing whatsoever to do with the lifestyle. John John, i will have to respectfully disagree with you there. i would not call such a Master an abuser, simply a Master who wishes to keep their property, by any means necessary. also as we understand the concept of slavery, a slave does not have any rights, including the right to leave. now of course an Owner may grant whatever privileges to the slave he pleases, but rights are something else. but naturally i understand all may not agree with our views, and that's fine, variety is what makes the world go round. Though I do respect what works in your personal relationship, the keeping an individual against their consent is kidnapping. Using physical force to do so is domestic violence. I think the general consensus amongst lifestylers, the greater society, and clearly the legal system, is that kidnapping and domestic violence is abusive. I feel fairly certain in stating that as a fact. Once a power exchange relationship ceases to be consensual, it is no different than any run of the mill abusive relationship. And believe me, I don't use the term "abuse" in the casual context that has become all too common. Interesting, that not long ago lifestyle slaves were said to have two rights/choices... the first to enter into slavery and the other to leave it. Now you're reducing that by 50 %, and a hair's breadth from equating it with the detestible reality of slavery as practiced in our own history, and that still exists in some places of the world. John
< Message edited by Rover -- 10/13/2006 9:08:01 AM >
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