1. they have come to a fetish club and therefore should be prepared to view anything within the rules of the club, or piss off. - that's the bit that answered my question. Ta. :)
2. The person concerned was not explicitly discussing their relationship online, but simply stating 'my partner says that...' I found the ensuing row and speculation over their relationship quite bizarre.
3. I guess my position on this is that people have the right to call me any darn thing they like, insults and untruths included. It may make them shitty people, but they don't need my consent to do so. Anything else is closing down free speech (and completely unenforcable). For me the line is drawn not at the point where words are used, but where actions follow on from them - i.e. someone calling me 'slave' without my permission clearly has issues (not least being blind), but if they then follow it up with a physical action, even just touching my hand without asking, that's the point at which my personal sovereignty is being violated, not the verbals.
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Date: 2010-07-15 12:10 pm (UTC)2. The person concerned was not explicitly discussing their relationship online, but simply stating 'my partner says that...' I found the ensuing row and speculation over their relationship quite bizarre.
3. I guess my position on this is that people have the right to call me any darn thing they like, insults and untruths included. It may make them shitty people, but they don't need my consent to do so. Anything else is closing down free speech (and completely unenforcable). For me the line is drawn not at the point where words are used, but where actions follow on from them - i.e. someone calling me 'slave' without my permission clearly has issues (not least being blind), but if they then follow it up with a physical action, even just touching my hand without asking, that's the point at which my personal sovereignty is being violated, not the verbals.