suicide

Pissed off and Dangrus...

This was originally posted on the Falls message board in Yahoo in response to an incident in the Falls. I had been struggling to find a nice way to express these thoughts for some time, but I found that sometimes... there is no nice way. Sometimes the sledgehammer approach is best. While calm, rational thought out posts are generally more effective than angry outbursts, sometimes..... Outrage is our best inspiration. And sometimes, another's idiocy is just the catalyst we need.

Today, I did something I rarely do. I went offline, leaving the Falls open. I returned to find that during my absence, a slave was released and subsequently "took her own life." I have known the man involved for some time and I spoke with him today just before going offline and for even longer when I returned. He is one of the most decent and honorable people I have met here. Releasing this slave was not something he did cavalierly, or without regard for her feelings. He agonized over this decision. But, he had come to the realization that he was simply not the right master for this girl. So, in the best interest of everyone concerned, he released her.

This "slave" responded by staging a "suicide scene" in the Falls. This, in one word... is BULLSHIT! This was the act of a selfish, angry child. Lashing out in anger when denied what they want. Emotional blackmail. It was a disgraceful example of the manipulative head games people play in here and I am sick of it.

I am sick of hearing slaves whine about abuse. The so-called "animal master" scandal? The girl who cried because her master took her private and "forced" her to simulate bestiality? Well, I watched as that slave ripped that man apart verbally in public. I saw that girl in action and I can tell you she is by no means the innocent little victim she was made out to be.

And now this. A slave is denied what she wants and she stages a full scale suicide production in my Falls. A blatant attempt to make a good and decent man feel guilty for doing what he believed to be the right thing for all.

I have something to say to those of you who call yourselves slaves... those of you who feel you are somehow "entitled" to something here...

GET THE HELL OVER IT!!!

This is Gor, not the subbies room. You are entitled to NOTHING. Slaves are to be pleasing. You have NO rights. NONE. You are not owed a damn thing here and that includes attention or affection. Every moment of attention from a Free person is a gift. Not your due. You are to be pleasing to the Free. They do not owe you respect, devotion, fidelity, love or friendship. You agreed to that when you set foot in Gor. That is the reality of slavery. It is not pretty. It is not sex. It is being subservient to the Free. Period. Not just the ones you like, not just the ones who pay attention to you and not just the ones you deem Gorean. ALL the Free. It is not about being pleasing only as long as it feels good. It is about being pleasing even when it hurts. That is slavery.

So, if that is not what you had in mind when you pranced in here in your silks and bells and proclaimed yourself a slave, then I suggest you quit your bitching and get the hell out.

Oh... and by the way, Raven... I'm told the "cyber-corpse" was thrown into the water... so what's left of it should wash up in Port Kar in a day or two.

Dangrus

The next day.... I addressed the Free...