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WinsomeDefiance -> RE: Looking into the abyss (8/13/2008 1:33:07 PM)
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ORIGINAL: MadRabbit ......Doesn't reflect any of my BDSM experiences. It would be nice if you could provide the whole and exact quote. He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. ...... Anyways... Nietzsche is talking about how men who become obsessed and zealous over a righteous cause can do incredible evils in the name of that cause, thus becoming the thing they sought to destroy or defeat under the blinding notion of righteousness. How this lesson on life is applicable to spanking your partner to achieve an erection is beyond me. ..... Hello Mad Rabbit, I hope you'll forgive my snipping out the parts of your post - for the sake of brevity - that I wanted to respond to. For many, BDSM, Authority Exchange, etc. is more than merely spanking someone to get an erection. Now, I understand that you were responding with your own experience, and I respect that. I simply felt compelled to toss out that little disclaimer before going on to say the following. Keeping in context with the spirit of the quote by Nietzsche, I can see how fitting it is to any situation where zealous passion might rule. What springs immediately to mind as an example: Men and women who become obsessed with an authority dynamic to the detriment of others and/or themselves (we have all heard, seen, or read of such circumstances.) I could elaborate further on the references to how one can easily become the monster one fights but pfft....all I wanted to do was offer some insight as to how the quote could have some valid bearing on WIITWD.
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