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posted by takyon on Monday March 27 2017, @10:48AM   Printer-friendly
from the drupal-gored dept.

Drupal founder Dries Buytaert expelled Larry "Crell" Garfield from the Drupal community (archive) for his involvement in the BDSM community. Garfield claims this was done at the demand of Drupal Security team member Klaus "klausi" Purer and unknown others secretly pressuring Drupal leadership to have him removed for his private sex life.

takyon: From Larry's response:

I am involved in two such communities, specifically the BDSM community and the Gorean (Gor) community. The former is by far the larger of the two and more varied, although I spend more of my time and activity in the Gorean community. It's a small community, and sadly much of what is found online about it is utter crap, just as most in the BDSM community find the "50 Shades" representation of BDSM to be harmfully misleading. The Gorean subculture is inspired by a science-fiction book series written from the 1960s onward to today, and predicated on a strong sense of personal honor, integrity, and community. It also practices consensual Master/slave relationships, and has a strong gender bias toward male-Dom/female-sub relationships, but that is not the cornerstone of Gorean culture. There are other groups that are biased the other way, or have no gender bias. There are even groups in Chicago (where I live) that have regular "fem-dom" parties. To each their own.

It's the same Gor that was adapted into two films, one of which appeared on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.


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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday March 29 2017, @04:23AM (3 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Wednesday March 29 2017, @04:23AM (#485674) Journal

    your SJW word redefining bullshit

    Funny, do you mean something like redefining Social Justice as a bad thing? That kind of redefining bullshit? (Though, to be fair, I fail to see the relevance of male Tauroid excrement to the issue at hand. Redefinition run amook? )

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Justin Case on Wednesday March 29 2017, @12:49PM (2 children)

    by Justin Case (4239) on Wednesday March 29 2017, @12:49PM (#485845) Journal

    redefining Social Justice as a bad thing

    Not sure which side you're taking here but "social justice" is a bad thing; no redefinition needed.

    Oh sure it is a lovely fantasy, but as implemented in the real world it requires Actual Injustice. Government can't give to one except by taking from another. "Social justice" activists (deliberately avoiding the SJW label here) ignore the taking half of the equation so they can praise themselves for their good aspirations and shrug off responsibility for the harm.

    • (Score: 2) by melikamp on Thursday March 30 2017, @09:27PM (1 child)

      by melikamp (1886) on Thursday March 30 2017, @09:27PM (#486755) Journal

      Social justice is the fair and just relation between the individual and society.

      Oh that's bad now? You don't like that? You like it when individuals are free to abuse and dominate society (see any despot, starting with Adolf and Iosif), while the society is free to abuse and dominate individuals (see any despotic regime, starting with those of Adolf and Iosif). That's a valid point of view, and a fairly popular one too, but I hope you realize it puts your political philosophy right next to that of National Socialists.

      • (Score: 2) by Justin Case on Thursday March 30 2017, @11:07PM

        by Justin Case (4239) on Thursday March 30 2017, @11:07PM (#486802) Journal

        There is no "society"; that is a groupthink imaginary term.

        There are only individuals.

        The lofty goals of "social justice" are (never really) achieved by taking from one individual to give to another. Taking what belongs to one, by force, is unjust. The "social justice" people conveniently sweep their violent unjust foundation under the rug hoping nobody will notice.

        abuse and dominate individuals

        Yep, that's what "social justice" advocates do to their victims. Don't know where you got that I was in favor of that domination however.