Posted on 05/23/2006 12:30:46 PM PDT by Borges
Durham Police are investigating a sex slavery sect operating in a north-eastern suburban town, whose members model their sado-masochistic relationships on a series of 1960s science fiction novels.
The suburban home where Kaotians gather
The bizarre cult came to light when police raided an address in Darlington after complaints that a woman was being held against her will.
But it transpired that the Canadian concerned was a willing participant and police had no grounds to act against the so-called Kaotians sect.
It is understood the 29-year-old had voluntarily attended the sect after an internet chat, but later contacted a friend in America, who then contacted police, saying she wanted to leave but couldn't as she had burned her passport.
Police helped to arrange her return home, but a spokesman said there was no criminal activity discovered and that people involved were all "consenting adults".
Officers also investigated claims by a man in Essex that his 18-year-old son had joined the quasi-medieval sect, but police spoke to the teenager and he confirmed he was at the property voluntarily and police said they again had no grounds to get involved.
The Kaotians are a splinter group of the Goreans, which according to estimates number 25,000 followers nationwide.
Both groups base their slavery and dominance beliefs on a series of novels written by John Norman, an American philosophy academic. The Chronicles of Gor depict a society, called the land of Gor, which is divided into castes, and where women are kept as slaves.
Fascination in the international sect has grown since the advent of the internet.
Lee Thompson, 31, lives at the address that was investigated, and describes himself as a master who trains slaves, and that while they must cook and clean as part of their duties, there is an element of sexual domination.
In an interview with the Northern Echo, Mr Thompson, said: "I have been called sick but I don't think what I do is bad.
"There's no reason for people to be afraid of me. I'd die before I see anyone get hurt."
Mr Thompson, who was once banned from one shop for turning up with a girl on a leash, said that as many as 350 followers regularly meet in pubs and clubs around the North East, in an area from Berwick to York.
Mr Thompson, who has been a follower for 15 years, and says he has enjoyed slave relationships with about eight girls, added: "It works on the system that some women have a desire to serve.
"Most people think it is a very sexual thing, but it is about every action that they make, they do it for their master."
Wow! Some people need to get a life!
It's been done, and yes, Ed Wood would have been proud! The title was, creatively, "The Gor Movie"!
LOL, truer words were never typed.
I read a GOR book or two and decided I liked other series better. :-)
Gygax is a self-declared libertarian and is actually accessible on a lot of the larger RPG forums.
But I think you're correct, in general. Keep in mind these game design guys were hooked into the military and apparently had friends in military high places. It would NOT have been in their best (business) interests to portray the military in a negative way. And this coming from guys who made it through college in the mid 1970's!
Wonder how they're doing this, considering any copyright restrictions on the name, character names, etc.? They MUST be doing it with SOMEbody's approval, I would imagine.
http://futurist.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/04/the_next_big_th.html
I was "pinged" to this by a friend...
This link appeared on the Winds of Change blog a while back and I read it. It blew me away! Part II is also available. I thought you'd be interested in this although you seem to have had experience with it and the premises involved.
Francis
Quasi-medieval? Since when did the middle ages have sex-slave cults?
Thought you'd be interested, Mr. Sheed!
Check the Ping to Ambien...amazing!
Gamers and Trekkies don't have lives - normal ones that is ;-). But then again, I'm a musician - same wholehearted devotion so I can understand the focus on "fun".
You see. Crap like this is why the Emperor invented the Space Marines. :P
Larpies are just a step above Furries and FanFic writers on the geek hierarchy. :)
What number is that?
OH, never mind, I found it.
A pint every twelve minutes? Can do!
Just let me spend some time out on the golf course first.
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