Quote Originally Posted by Ruby
SSC or RACK

Neither is a perfect description or slogan.

Both have their faults if we pick apart the individual words.
Aesop, you mentioned the words "sane and sane" as being subjective in SSC.

I often pull out the words "risk and aware" in RACK.
Are both players really "aware" of the "risks"?
Do they understand that a single tail whip can caress the skin or shred it?
Do they know that the same whip can cause muscle damage?
Are they "aware" that some of the activities they are doing may lead to injury or death?
Do they care?

Those phrases are valuable in many ways and while not perfect may be used to define a person's playtime philosophy.
No neither is perfect, but RACK is more descriptive and a better tool I think. The questions you asked can all be answered with definite answers except for the last one of course-and if they don't care they really aren't practicing BDSM as responsible folks see it. Actually with those words it begs those questions so I think that for those just starting out it's a great reference tool. With SSC the questions are often too ambiguous to have a direct answer. So while I see your point I still think RACK is the way to go.