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The New York social workers' association says it's a destructive activity to be "enjoying" at a time when children continue to be regularly abducted from the street with tragic consequences.
(from the BBC website)
In what way is it destructive I wonder? Conflating consenting adults providing and receiving a service which gives mutual satisfaction /rewards with the brutal abduction of children is sloppy thinking and offensive. BDSM is not easy for the vanilla world to come to terms it, however, perhaps because relatively few people can or care to devote the time, resources and enthusiasm to enacting such fantasies.
Room for exploitation, for sure, as with many such fringe activities, but this all sounds very upfront and calmly negotiated beforehand.
Surprisingly however, there have not been any cases so far of outraged New Yorkers intervening in a kidnap scenario on Manhattan, despite the fact that many are carried out on city streets during the day.
(more BBC)
That's the worrying aspect of it. As the (rather fetching) abductor points out, the presence of a videocam seems to give them the requisite authority which is a depressing thought. Since coming to London, I can believe that the oddest things can happen right in front of you but you've got an appointment to keep and your own business to mind, so you scurry on like the Levite in the parable.
Wouldn't probably go for it myself but I certainly know people who'd get more out of it than a fortnight in Benidorm and good luck to them.
You ask if it desensitises people. Quite the reverse would be true for the "victim" whose lovingly planned fantasy is coming to life, I would think. Perhaps the guys doing the kidnapping might become so, although I expect they're more likely to experience some ennui, unless they're bondage tops themselves. Keeping someone safely constrained like that: bound or gagged or whatever, for a prolonged period would be no picnic. Takes a lot of attention, knowledge and skill to carry it out without injury to the recipient of the service.
The "carpenter" who's been a repeat customer must be a Viscount Linley type carpenter to be able to afford this deluxe pervery.
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