Reflections: The last entry

Well it seems that my last entry caused quite a stir within the group that i talk to. There was allot of comments about the "Bill Of Rights" that has been circulating on the net. The one thing that all of the Masters and some slaves i have talked to, say, is that the B.O.R. is malarky. I agree. The way it is written the Master doesn't have control the slave does.That makes the slave the Dom and the Master the sub which is a great misnomer in and amoung itself. The whole point of being a slave is because you are naturally made to submit to another and give over that control. The B.O.R. doesn't do that. The slave basically doesn't submit to anyone. But the Master submits to the wishes of the slave and is limited in his role as Master. So much so, that the whole Dom/sub Master/slave relationship doesn't exist as it was designed to. If one was to go by this boy Bill Of Rights there is no exchange of obiedience, love, or need for domination and need for being dominated that makes a Master a Master and a slave a slave. The relationship becomes Moot. i know there are some Masters that want a top slave and are a bottom Master, but that doesn't mean the right of control is reversed. That just means the dynamic is different, but the Master is still in control. It is that control that makes him a Master. It seems almost that the B.O.R. was written by a Master that wanted to be a sub but not take the responsibility that is involved with being one. Or perhaps, it was written by someone not ready to accept his role and what he truly was which is a slave. The thought fo submission was there but the acceptence of what that meant was not there. Of course there wouldn't even be a need for a B.O.R. if every one was sticking to the Old Gaurd ways.
The Old Gaurd was were about character, honor, responsibility, Love and values. From the O.G. Masters i have talked with, the O.G. was a way of self governing with in the leather community. A slave didn'thave to worry about being abused because if a Master crossed that line, the other Masters would talk with him about it. If that didn't work then they would take action to rescue the slave and punish the offending Master so that he better understood his responsibilityand what it meant to be a Master. There was more of a collective pride in being a Master or slave. If either one did something disgraceful, it was a reflection on entire community, not just the individual. A Master that dishonored another Master or slave dishonored and disgraced all the Masters in the community. He disgraced and disrespected the institution of what it meant to be a Master. The same goes for a slave. They disrspect the institution of what it means to be a slave. The are no set rules for the O.G ways. They aren't written down. But it comes down to having values about yourself respect, your character, and honor to the leather community. Some might say it is about what it meant to be a man in the 50's or 60's. His name was something that you kept in the honorable position of respect from others. And the value of that respect was utmost important. If you valued that then you valued your reflection on being a slave or a Master. Well that being said, if any Masters or slaves have anything to add about the Old Gaurd ways , please feel free to contact me at raven15@consolidated.net or if you are a Master interested in talking you can contact me there as well. i appreciate all comments about the blog. Have a great Day