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MasterFireMaam -> RE: RACK vs SSC (9/21/2006 7:44:52 AM)
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For me, SSC is very subjective. What I feel is SSC, someone else might find totally loony. Now, RACK, to me, that says as long as you understand the risks, it's your choice to undergo it...or not. It's informed consent rather than playing off of what other people tell you is OK.
slave david stein, the originator of the SSC slogan, didn't intend for SSC to become what it has. Here is an exerpt of an article he has written.
"MISUSE OF A SLOGAN
The understandable popularity of the slogan has a downside, however. Those with few or no roots in the struggle to bring S/M out of the shadows -- who take for granted today's world of BDSM clubs in every large town and kinky images all over the mass media -- tend to apply the slogan in a simplistic way, even using it as a stick to beat anyone whose style of play offends them for whatever reason. The implication is that whatever is safe, sane, and consensual is good, and whatever isn't is bad, which goes far beyond what we intended back in 1987. In 1987, we were trying to draw a line between what is clearly defensible, in terms of both social structures and personal well-being, and what is either indefensible or at least very questionable. It was a conscious, deliberate attempt to shift the debate onto grounds where we thought we could win, instead of having to keep proving we weren't serial killers, spouse beaters, and child abusers. Of course, the morality of such a strategy depends on who is left out. "
The full article can be found at http://www.albanypowerexchange.com/History/ssc.htm.
Master Fire
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