This is being posted with consent of the Ubar..
How many of you have ever had a pet? Perhaps you have known of someone in your lifetime who has had a pet? Chances are, unless you reside on the moon, the answer to at least one of these questions is a resounding, "Yes!"
That, of course, leads me to another series of questions. First of all, have you, or anyone you have ever known, had more than one pet at a time? Have you, or any other pet owner you have ever known, ever paid attention to another pet? This attention could be a variety of things. Perhaps they have petted it? Perhaps they admired that it was well trained and behaved? Perhaps it was just a beautiful animal? Again, my guess is that somewhere in here, you've answered "Yes" once again.
Now, there is a reason I am asking you this. I want to remind you all of something that is often forgotten. On gor, slaves are nothing more than pets.. animals.. belongings.. Is this always an easy concept for those behind the screens? No. We are, afterall, only human, and this is a foreign concept to us most of the time. Sometimes, it is easy to bring those r/t feelings over into gor, but the fact is, r/t is not gor.
If you have your eye on a man, as much as the r/t person may want to, you do not own him. If you have been guilty of bitching in pm or IM's to another slave for paying too much attention to a man who has a slave, you are way out of line. If you have "warned" others about a certain man being "taken," then you, too, are out of line. While you may mean well, it is not any of your business, and this must stop.
Now, I could fill this post with quotes, saying basically the same thing that I've just told you, but I'll hold off unless they are really needed. I am certainly not saying that it is easy to not let those real feelings come in. The fact is, most all of us have been guilty of it at one point or another. However, this isn't an excuse. The "helpful warnings" being done are not at all helpful, but rather, hurtful. This will NOT be tolerated.
If you are having an issue with something you are seeing, bring it to the attention of the appropriate people. Remember the following two rules, and act accordingly.
•Jealousy and possessiveness of a Master’s/Mistress's attention is not tolerated of a slave. To show jealousy, to attempt to make a Master or Mistress kow-tow to that emotion, is to attempt to become Master/Mistress and make the Master/Mistress a slave. Tacky, tacky, tacky...
•Do not correct another slave! Only trainers may correct those they train
Now, while this post has mainly pertained to slaves, as per Ubar, this also goes for free. There have been reports of FW also telling slaves in PM or in IM's the same type of thing discussed above. The Ubar has stated that this is "pure bullshit" and that he had better never catch someone doing this.
