S&M at the international policy level

[Paul Mackin]

pynchonoid wrote:

>Is GR's observation out of date?  (s & m not being allowed)
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I rather think it is. Being a victim WITHIN a relationship--if such is 
necessary for sexual fulfillment--is better than being of victim 
OUTSIDE  a relationship. Self mutilaton should always be considered a 
last resort. I believe this is the current enlightened view.

p.

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>"Why will the Structure allow every other kind of
>sexual behavior but that one? Because submission and
>dominance are resources it needs for its very
>survival. They cannot be wasted in private sex. [...]
>It needs our submission so that it may remain in
>power. [...] if S and M could be established
>universally, at the family level, the State would
>wither away. This is Sado-anarchism" (GR 737)
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>http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,850264,00.html
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>[...] The newspaper went on to detail the sexual
>practices of one of the current inspectors. 
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>Harvey "Jack" McGeorge, 53, from Virginia, is a
>co-founder of an S & M group in the Washington DC
>area, and a former chairman of the board for the
>National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. 
>
>The former marine was recommended for the mission by
>the US state department, and is now in New York. 
>
>He heads his own security consultancy, selling
>counter-bioterrorism products and conducting seminars
>on chemical and biological weapons, but he does not
>hold a scientific degree. 
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>A trawl of the internet by the Post found that Mr
>McGeorge was also a member of the Leather Leadership
>Conference Inc, which "produces training sessions for
>current and potential leaders of the
>sadomasochism/leather/fetish community". 
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>In an interview with the newspaper, Mr McGeorge said
>he would resign rather than damage the UN mission. 
>
>"I have been very upfront with people in the past
>about what I do, and it has never prevented me from
>getting a job or doing service," he said. "I am who I
>am. I am not ashamed of who I am - not one bit. But I
>cannot allow my actions, as they may be perceived by
>others, to damage an organisation which has done
>nothing to deserve that damage." 
>
>A spokesman for the UN said that Mr McGeorge's private
>life had nothing to do with his qualifications as an
>inspector. 
>
>However, he provides a convenient target for critics
>of Mr Blix, particularly aggrieved former inspectors.
>[...] 
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>-Doug
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