allyC
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Joined: 6/2/2004 From: Las Vegas Status: offline
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Hola :) I think that the word slave brings out all kinds of emotion and opinion from all sorts of lifestylers - everyone has their take on it. quote:
It is the owned property of someone else that is bought or sold and yes even stolen and can be done with in the soul purpose of its Owner. Yes put on a pedastal or beaten beyond recognition, yes even snuffed. That is simply fact. And sticking one's head into the sand and pretending otherwise is just plain ridiculous. Redefining the word to make it have a pretty attraction gives false pretense to what it factually is...But if it eases your conscience.... I have always looked at it from a more literal standpoint. Webster's has a few definitions for the word, slave. One of which is the following: slave: n. One who is abjectly subservient to a dominating influence or force. This definition says nothing of it being a legal condition, non consensual, forced, or abusive. It merely states that if person A. is abjectly subservient to person B., then person A, by definition, is a slave. There are many words in the English language that have more than one definition. They don't all have to fit in order for the word to meet the definition's criteria. For example, the word, reed. A reed is a marsh plant. A reed is also something that you put in your woodwind instrument that makes it work. They are both reeds but stuffing a cattail into your clarinet just isn't going to work. The same goes for the different definitions of the word slave. If one fits, then it fits, They don't all need to fit for it to be correct. So to me, a "real" slave would be someone who fits the definition. Someone who is abjectly subervient. Not necessarily perfect, mind you, but subservient just the same. *grins* Well wishes to everyone! Cav's girl ally{C}
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Once I said to my owner (in a cheeky way after he had done something evil)... "You know... Master almost rhymes with Bastard." to which he replied, "Yup, and slave rhymes with cunt."
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