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| Tue 29 Jun 10, 11:28 AM C_A_A_N UK, 4 yrs  |
Message from David of Spanner Trust - concerning the support which may be needed for Mistresses Lucrezia and Juno, who are currently under arrest following the sad death of Robin Mortimer. All involved are being disrespected and demonised by media outlets spreading and instigating prejudice, so I won't be adding to the problem by giving readers links here to any of it. This message is also available on a non BDSM website at http://clairlewis.livejournal.com/25586.html feel free to share widely. "This in indeed a sad case from both sides. I happen to know Mistress Lucrezia and in fact her daughter. They are both wonderful and vibrant people well skilled and professional about their approach to SM. Having chatted with close friends over the weekend I am a little better clued up as to what may have occurred and yes the papers have got the fundamentals of the incident rather wrong. I suspect we will be seeing a statement and request for assistance or information in this matter appearing in the next few days which I would encourage all to discuss and see if they can help with this matter. In the meantime we should try and focus on the facts of the issue rather than speculation and reading what we see reported in the papers as it is rarely accurate regardless of the width of the paper its printed on. It is a sad day whenever there is a loss connected with SM but hopefully the facts will help to clear the matter up although I would not hold by breath for a reprint of the accurate facts. Regards, David" We won't be publishing any incorrect facts here and we're ready to share further information and help rally support when the time comes. Once again - if the family of Mr Mortimer see this message: if you need support or counselling which respectfully covers matters relating to alternative sexuality, we can confidentially put you in touch with people who can help and are here if you need us. In solidarity and with respect, Clair Lewis (Dennis Queen) Convenor Consenting Adult Action Network www.caan.org.uk once again press can talk to us at info@caan.org.uk for further comment from CAAN, or message me direct. Sign up to our statement of principles for the freedom of consenting adults to express themselves!
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| 30 Jun 10, 4:57 PM Tara_Red UK(B), 5 yrs £ |
Obviously people will want to read about what happened so rather than Google it I did see one link to a good article on the subject posted by a Mistress which is very well written, sympathetic and not at all prejudiced, the link the Pro Mistress board http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/276744/
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| 30 Jun 10, 8:44 PM Tara_Red UK(B), 5 yrs £ |
Some really nice comments from his friends on this forum - http://www.crash.net/british+gt/comments/160925/... Pro submissive & switch with great dungeon & LOTS of toys! | |
| 30 Jun 10, 10:32 PM Geo_Pinch UK(BS), 2 yrs £ |
Here's a very good round-up of this developing affair: http://www.thefetishistas.com/index.php?menu=70&... We can only expect the usual from the gutter tabloids. Geo Pinch: http://pandemos.net/geopinch | |
| 30 Jun 10, 10:44 PM Geo_Pinch UK(BS), 2 yrs £ |
And there seems to be something amiss in Belgium - in 1997, a judge was convicted for simply engaging in BDSM with his wife. A film has been made about it: http://www.flandersimage.com/index.php?col=/prod... And it was in IC posts last September: http://www.informedconsent.co.uk/posts/249112/
Geo Pinch: http://pandemos.net/geopinch | |
| 3 Jul 10, 2:24 PM Mistress_sultrybelle UK(G), 2 yrs £ |
Really good article, I wish the newspapers would print the facts only.
http://www.mistresssultrybelle.com/ http://yourbizarre.bizarremag.com/service/displa... | |
| 3 Jul 10, 2:41 PM Lady_Anna_Bradford UK(BD), 5 yrs   |
Has anybody seen anything about the PM results? "If no sexual offence is being committed it seems very odd indeed that there should be an offence for having an image of something which was not an offence," Lord Wallace of Tankerness | |
| 3 Jul 10, 6:49 PM Ishmael UK(SE), 12 yrs |
I quite agree; it is the function of mauch of the British press to stuff 'the ears of men with false reports'. I don't know any of those involved, but I am very sorry that something so dreadful has happened. It is worth bearing in mind, though, that death is a constant possibility whatever one is doing, and maybe playing with laughing gas may make it more likely, but so do many other things that people do for fun - are we to allow the press to police our bedrooms 24/7 just because someone might do something dangerous? And, if something like this does occur, the law has then to deal with it properly; it's not evidence of a police state that the proper laws are applied; would we rather the authorities didn't apply the proper procedures? When I was in Belgium they seemed pretty tolerant of SM; there was certainly a permanent SM bar in Antwerp - we went back three times. The Boat Party is one of the very best SM events of the year, and it starts at 9pm on Saturday 26th June at St Katherine's Pier (North, downriver side of Tower Bridge). We dock at 2am. |
