--- Daniel Davies <d_squared_2002 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> I've tried to follow this one as closely as possible
> and it seems that we're
> close to agreement that the whips 'n' chains bunch
> have got a right to do
> whatever they want and we shouldn't condemn them
> from a political point of
> view. That all seems fair enough.
>
> On the other hand, I have to confess that I find the
> whole concept pretty
> hilarious. It's partly the way that they appear to
> take themselves so
> seriously, but I would be fibbing if I didn't admit
> that I also find the
> activities in question pretty risible as a way of
> getting your kicks, rather in
> the way that sucking poisonous smoke into your lungs
> is, objectively speaking,
> a pretty silly way to spend a tea break.
>
> Is there a duty on me to at least try to take BDSM
> etc seriously in its own
> terms? Or am I OK to continue to chuckle at the
> utter ridiculousness of it, as
> long as I'm not too nasty to people to their faces,
> and as long as I don't
> whine if they have a go back at me? Would it change
> matters if I pretended to
> get sexually excited by mocking BDSMers?
>
> best
> dd
>
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