Politically Incorrect

"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The computer term "master/slave," which was banned as racially offensive by a Los Angeles County purchasing department, was named the most politically incorrect term of the year on Thursday. In computer terminology, "master/slave" refers to primary and secondary hard disk drives. But a Los Angeles county purchasing department told vendors in late 2003 that the term was offensive and violated the region's cultural diversity. The county's department of affirmative action undertook a hunt to replace it on packages.

"Master / Slave does not by default refer to the enslavement of Africans. It's accurate for hard drives. One drive controller controls the other. I doubt that the slave drive cares".

"So how come it's returned to semi-mainstream vocabulary. I don't mean using it in D/s situations because that's a whole area the mainstream is not ready for and by its nature, politically incorrect anyway."

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i don't feel politically incorrect in the way i choose to live my life and as with so many things that relate to those choices, all i can say is that if these people put half the energy they put into defining what is and is not offensive into working on getting along with other people the world would be a much better place. Far to many people make rash judgments about the population at large and in doing so, categorise all sorts of lifestyle choices that do not fall into the mainstream as being wrong or twisted or even, dare i say it perverted and yet, the life i have chosen to live hurts nor harms no one and in fact could be said to be a way of life that has a lot of advantages over some of the ones that are considered "acceptable"

Dont get me wrong here, D/s or M/s is never going to be perfect because it is made up of human beings and we are not perfect, there will always be those who do not follow the unwritten guidelines that many of us accept as the way in which this lifestyle is meant to be based on, The safe, sane and consensual ethos that is the mainstay of everything we do, there will always be those with hidden agenda's that cause those on the outside of D/s to have cause to criticise the way we choose to live. Thats only human nature, as i say, nothing is perfect but for those with serious intent, we try to live a way of life that is pleasing to us and in doing so have found something that works outside the mainstream and whether politically correct or not, it does work if you put into it, what you wish to get out of it.

As to the "Mainstream" being ready for the lifestyle many many choose to live, i wonder who makes the assumption that by its nature, D/s is politically incorrect because you can bet your bottom dollar it isn't anyone who lives this way because for those of us who do, we feel that the nilla way of life leaves a lot to be desired and that many many D/s couples live a far cleaner and purer existence that an awful lot of "normal" relationships.

MG and i rarely argue, we have no need for lies and deceit, we are totally honest and open with one another about all and every aspect of our lives. He has no need to fob me off with some weird and wonderful reason for his late home coming etc because as Master, he says he will be late and i would reply, "What time shall i have you dinner ready Sir"

i would no more question his decision on this or any aspect of how we live any more than i would go out and spend a fortune without his knowledge or permission, lie to him about what i have or have not been doing, blame someone else for my shortcomings etc. How many people can say they live such a life that is without the need for all the scheming and juggling with emotions and feelings of their partner for their own ends.
How many nilla couples will be spending their Christmas in front of the television so that they can block out the nagging wife or the drunken hubby , how many will sit there and claim to be happy when really what they want to do is go and meet the bit on the side that the wife/hubby knows nothing about, how many are just sitting there, in the comfort zone because its easier to stay than to leave and find the happiness that each of us really deserve in our lives.

Well, its not like that for us, the honesty, the trust that is found within a D/s or M/s relationship cuts out the need for any of that, if that trust is broken, then the M/s has gone as well and because that is acknowledged and each know that that is how it is, it just doesn't happen, not within an established real life M/s way of life, well, certainly not in mine it doesn't.

Oh yes, some might say, Open your eyes cleo, it cant be that perfect, but let me tell you folks, it is... Of course, we have the normal mundane, nitty gritty problems that everyone else has but we deal with those in a slightly different way than many couples, they will be discussed and mulled over and a possible solution found but at the end of the day the decision will be MG's, if there is something that needs to be done, He will decide when and how, if we are invited out, he will make that decision too and even down to what i will wear, no need for the big flap about that, no need for me to ask if i look ok and have him mutter something from the other room that says nothing at all really but might keep me happy even if i look awful, His decision, His choice, but then it would be, as all the clothes i own, He has picked out so i am never going to wear something he disapproves off. There will never be an argument about what to watch on the television or what film to go and see, He will make that decision also... that is what an M/s life is about, the sub/slave given that right over to her Master, that's what we as sub/slaves commit too if we are serious and genuine in our need to submit to another's control.
MG's taste in music is not always the same as mine and yet i will listen to his choice because it pleases him and that is what i am after, to see he is pleased and as such, if he wants to listen to Deep Purple, so be it. No argument from me. If he wants a certain dinner, then that's what we have, i might make suggestions, i might say what we have in that he can choose from, but its his choice, there is no need for any big bangs or blow ups because i give him the right to make the choices for us both and i have trust and faith in him enough to know that whatever he decides will be, not only in his best interest but in mine also. He has never once abused that trust and i am pretty sure, knowing him as i do, that he never will.
Now that's trust folks, can you say the same ? Can you say that you have enough trust to put your life, literally in another's hands and know that you are safe and that that trust will not be abused? Do you have trust that your partner is 100% honest with you about every aspect of their lives ? i can.

Obviously, not all M/s relationships work on this level, but ours does and so do many that live a Power exchange, 24/7 way... nothing is every perfect but we try and will continue to try to make our life as near perfect (for us) as we can.