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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Police discover sex slave cult
2006-05-19
That's silly, the few Gor books I've read really sucked, even for a sex-starved, frustrated teen like I was (I'm not a teen anymore); if they want to go that way, why don't they simply convert to the Master Religion(tm), I ask you?
A sex slavery cult based on a series of 1960s science fiction novels has been uncovered by police in Dar-al-Islam Darlington. Durham Police discovered the bizarre sect after raiding a home in the area, after receiving complaints that a woman was being held against her will. But a spokesman said the Canadian was a willing participant and the other people involved were consenting adults.
"Y'wanna keep me chained up nekkid in a concrete dungeon and flog me twice a day? Hokay."
The group, called Kaotians, follow the Chronicles of Gor novels which depict a society where women are dominated. The 29-year-old woman is said to have voluntarily attended the sect after finding out about it over the internet. She later contacted a friend in United States, who then contacted the police, saying she wanted to leave but couldn't as she had burnt her passport and return ticket. But a police spokesman said upon arriving at the premises they did not find any evidence of "criminal offences". Police also investigated claims by a father in Essex his 18-year-old son had joined the sect. However police also found the teenager was at the property voluntarily and they had no grounds to get involved.
"Sure I'm here voluntarily! I get to flog her twice a day and they feed me!"
Lee Thompson, 31, says he is the "master" who trains the slaves at the Darlington address. But he said everything the women are told to do, which includes cooking and cleaning, is "voluntary and safe". "It works on the system that some women have a desire to serve," he told the Northern Echo newspaper.
"Hubert, I'm leaving you for a sex slavery commune in Darlington. I feel the desire to serve!"
"Wouldja make me my breakfast before you go?"
"Get it yerself. I go to serve a higher purpose!"
He said: "Most people think it is a very sexual thing, but it is about every action that they make, they do it for their master. Saying that, the girls will do everything they are told when it comes to sex, but it is all voluntary and all safe." Mr Thompson added: "I have been called sick but I don't think what I do is bad."
"Of course, I don't call myself sick, either..."
Mr Thompson said up to 350 followers regularly meet in pubs and clubs around the North East, in an area from Berwick to York. Kaotians are a splinter group of the Goreans, which base their beliefs on novels written by American university professor John Norman. The books are set on the quasi-medieval planet of Gor, which has a caste system and uses women as slaves. There are an estimated 25,000 Goreans worldwide.
!!! I sincerely hope this is a made-up figure.
Posted by:anonymous5089

#21  Of course... it was a clear rip off of:
Edgar Rice Burroughs series staring John Carter of Mars

Wikipedia: John Carter of Mars
Most of these novels had their copyright expire so you can read them for free at Project Gutenburg.
They are in the Barsoom book set.
A Princess of Mars
The Gods of Mars
The Warlord of Mars
Thuvia, Maid of Mars

The rest are still under copyright.

Posted by: 3dc   2006-05-19 22:25  

#20  The Priest-Kings of GOR, an anti-Earth on the other side of the Sun, wid loin-cloth wearing barbarian society(s) capable of interstellar space travel.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-05-19 21:53  

#19  I haven't had sex in so long I subistuted food for sex. Now I can't even get into my OWN pants.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2006-05-19 19:30  

#18  mmmm Betty Page, was OK with me...
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-19 17:51  

#17  

yum
Posted by: RD   2006-05-19 17:42  

#16  There are an estimated 25,000 Goreans worldwide.

I wonder if this count includes Tipper and Al?
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-05-19 17:12  

#15  This thread is an example of one of the reasons I love Rantbug so much.
Posted by: Jonathan   2006-05-19 17:05  

#14  Eat the wimmin (and the men, and the kiddies), and warp Reality around him, I guess.

I hate when he does that!
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-19 15:39  

#13  Eat the wimmin (and the men, and the kiddies), and warp Reality around him, I guess.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-05-19 14:31  

#12  What Would Cthulhu Do?
Posted by: Xbalanke   2006-05-19 14:26  

#11  sex slave cult?

Isn't that Islam as practiced in Iran and Saudi?
Posted by: Snomose Hupaitle7011   2006-05-19 14:04  

#10  When John Norman finished his Gor books his next book was in pop-psych titled something like "Imaginative Sex"

My guess is wimmin didn't like him..

Posted by: 3dc   2006-05-19 13:14  

#9  In my country, they call me "Hot Iron".
Posted by: Chuck Simmins   2006-05-19 13:12  

#8  
"Wonder if he branded the slaves."

Of course! Can't have female slaves without branding, everyone knows that! Slaves need to feel the kiss of the hot iron.

-M
Posted by: Manolo   2006-05-19 10:59  

#7  Yes, but Darlington for chrissake. It's the arse end of the world. My only clear recollection of the place was making a swift exit from a pub after making some money off some unemployed miners playing pool. They were none too happy about handing their cash over to an obviously worse for wear southern (England) prick.
Posted by: phil_b   2006-05-19 10:51  

#6  Wonder if he branded the slaves.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-05-19 10:40  

#5  The problem with the Gor books, imho, was the plots often hinged on the S&M in some way so you couldn't just remove it and sell the book as decent sword and sorcery.

If you took out the S&M they were pretty decent sword and sorcery, lots of action and detail.

I think the guy could have made a lot of money if he wasn't overly occupied with his S&M world view.

Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-05-19 10:40  

#4  I don't know. Perhaps it's a symptom, perhaps the western man as figured by the dominant PC culture has forgotten how to be manly, and has to resort to such roleplaying. Don't know if it's worth going all analytical on that.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-05-19 09:05  

#3  Police 'discover' B & D? What's next? "Police discover homosexuals"? "Police discover Swingers party"? ***YAWN***
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-05-19 09:02  

#2  Somebody is going to have a home stone showed up their...
Posted by: gromgoru   2006-05-19 08:31  

#1  An another article on that very important matter :
Gor blimey! Subservient cult is unleashed on Darlington
"The local butcher, for one, has banned Mr Thompson from his premises
for turning up with his girlfriend attached to a leash."
Hé hé hé.
Posted by: anonymous5089   2006-05-19 05:53  

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