> Freeman Craig Presson
> Quite the opposite! If you know your partner's going to heal in a few
> minutes ... you fill in the rest.
> 'course, if we had nervous-system controls to modulate pain response,
> that might be problematic.
>
> That's what I meant, if the point of S&M is to deliver and/or recieve pain
> and we've established internal mechanisms to prevent pain, won't they be
> ripped off. Of course, it maybe it could be reinstalled for these type of
> purposes.
> Gina
>
Wouldn't the dominated hand over control to the dominator, to give the
punishment/helplessness thing more flavour than ever?
Not that I'm into that kind of thing you understand
Somehow internal/external pain control mechanisms reminds me of the internal/external modem dilemma. But then I'm a big dweeby after all.
ooh, I shouldn't have weighed into this one
Emlyn