Hello there BDSM_Tourguide,

Seems I inadvertantly replied to this new article of yours when I was replying to Flower about BDSM in general. LOL!

This should be interesting. I am well aware that my views on safe words and the whole SSC business are definitly in the minority, but hopefully I've explained my reasons for them clearly.

I've seen those debates go on for ages and they generally yielded nothing of real interest. There will always be people to believe one way or the other and you have to choose what works for you.

I did like the explanation of the lifestyle, btw. And you lead us forward to yet another interesting discussion -- that of how these fetishes develop, what purpose they serve for those who have them. I also have some speculation about why people don't like anything outside the norm.

I'll have to tackle that another day though as I've got work to do here.

Pooka