hmmmnn.. perhaps this one didn't quite make it clear enough that she is NOT, nor ever has been, a gorean slave.

this one's training runs along similar lines to that of a gorean slave, however. Just to note - the reference to one's self in third person is far more broad in the BDSM world than the Tourguide gives credit for. Case in point - this one's first Master was/is openly against Gor and just about everything it stands for, but insisted this one refer to herself in third person, i.e. "this slave" and eventually "Your slave".

It had nothing to do with Gor - this one learned to do it well enough for it to become natural because she wished to obey the wishes and personal tastes of her Master - something any slave in any aspect of D/s would do. Isn't that part of the point of being Someone's slave? this one received pleasure from pleasing Him - so that part of ones's training ended up pleasing U/us both.

As for the statement regarding ego - since this one is not nor ever has been gorean - wouldn't a complimentary statement regarding another person or group of people be quite the opposite? this one has visited many Gorean chatrooms - some of them are over-the-top, stick-to-the-books Gor and this one left asap! However some of them discarded the theatrics, recognized the fantasy aspect and this one found their ways to be gentle, caring and very romantic... the slaves had some of the most intricate and interesting serves, from which this one learned so many things.

For the original author of this thread - by all means, learn all about Gor and their ways... and decide for yourself. Just remember that to generalize Gor into one lump would be like saying all Germans are Nazis and everyone who lives in Columbia participates in the drug trade. Not a fair conclusion, if you ask this one.

One other minor note - many people on this planet put their full faith into the world's oldest book and form their religious beliefs around it. Perhaps the O/ones that are the deepest into Gor, did the same thing. The written word can be very powerful. If it wasn't, no one would know who in the world Stephen King or William Shakespeare are.

Heck, if this one could write a book and form the "get rich without working" religion, this one is sure she'd have some followers, too!