Department of Homeland Security is looking into a bracelet made to stun the wearer in the event of an emergency. Who would be wearing these bracelets, you ask? You. Any time you board a plane.

The bracelet, dubbed “The Electronic ID Bracelet” by officials, will replace boarding passes and contain a GPS tracking device that will allow the government to track where the wearer and his or her luggage is at all times until they disembark at their destination. It will also hold personal information about the wearer and the government will be able to stun any passenger at any time of its choosing with an electric shock equal to that of a taser completely immobilizing them.

According to a letter from Paul S. Ruwaldt of the Science and Technology Directorate, office of Research and Development, to the inventor of the bracelet, the government is genuinely interested in this bracelet. According to Mr. Ruwaldt, the bracelet could easily be used as a restraining device as well as interrogation.

I know what you're thinking. This will prevent terrorists from bringing planes down. It will prevent another event like 9/11. And I can hear the sentiments my patriotic, republican father gives when discussing the discomfort of new American policy. Don't do anything wrong and you don't have anything to worry about.

But that's not always the case, is it? Innocent until proven guilty rarely applies anymore. Sometimes people who don't do anything wrong get treated like criminals until they can prove that they aren't. Are we, as Americans, really willing to give up our right to not be treated inhumanely, our right to not be punished by cruel and unusual tactics, for a little more security? Haven't we given up enough in the name of “freedom”?

I don't have much to say today. I waited till after work to attempt a blog and I am wiped. As is my brain, apparently. Mostly I just have a couple discussion questions for you. Not because I don't know what the answer is in the world of Master and rayne, but because I'm wondering what all of you think. So here goes nothing:

I said a few days ago that I haven't found the switch to put me in the same mood as Master yet. Not that it matters or that I think it should. If He wants to beat me He should beat me. No matter what my mood. But I'm wondering, should there be a switch? Do you think a slave should be capable of just changing her mood to match her owner's regardless of what's going on? And how, exactly, does one go about achieving that?

And semi-related, let's say a master believes one thing and his slave believes another. We'll say the master believes that the earth is round and the slave believes that it's flat. We'll pretend there's no obvious proof that the earth is either thing. There's no way to find out if it is either thing. And there's no specific reason for the slave to change her way of thinking other than the fact that her owner believes the earth is round. Should she trust her owner's judgment implicitly and fully believe that he is correct? If her opinion differs from his in anything should she change her way of thinking simply because her owner doesn't agree? And why do you feel the way you do about this subject?

I asked Master what I should write about and He said “Pussy.” Since I already did that, sort of, I guess I gotta find something else to write about.

First, for my readers from Slave Farm... I might be away for a while. It's a long story and one I'm not ready to discuss so I'll just say it's not you... It's me. It's been real and it's been fun but it hasn't always been real fun :/ I'll be back. I just don't know when.

My period's coming and with it has come the ugly cunt that I can be for weeks at a time depending on my particular cycle for that month. If I hadn't already been diagnosed with severe PMS and it didn't always hover around the time of my period, I would be disgusted with myself for using that excuse. But it's not making reconnection particularly easy. Today, however, I'm in an awesome mood and I'm hoping to keep it.

Master's more than keeping to His side of the bargain and I'm a pretty happy cunt these days. Almost every day there is some form of S&M and a whole shit load of M/s. He's developed a particularly enjoyable ritual of ordering me to my knees with my face on His feet. It's impossible to not remember your place when you're on the floor with your cheek resting on the soft leather of a man's shoe. And while not all of the times have been when I was getting dangerously close to crossing lines, most of them have been instrumental in snapping me back to where I am supposed to be.

We're finding areas that I really just never learned anything in, even basic protocols I should be following from childhood conditioning, and He's working on ways to teach them to me. Things as simple as not turning into a raving, psychotic bitch when someone hurts my feelings. I have an extremely difficult time separating things like sadness, fear, illness, etc. from anger. And my anger rages hotter than a thousand hells.

We're getting there. And I'm enjoying the journey again. Not that it matters if I do. It's just easier for all parties involved if I am. Not that that matters, either.

I've got the next four days off and I plan on at least trying to suck up some R&R. My body is screaming for me to slow down but working and being a slave doesn't allow for it. So I guess it'll have to get used to it.

That's all for today, I guess. Have a great weekend :)

kaya's (one of my daily reads) "Question Month" was such a good idea that I decided to do it too! Soooo... questions? Anyone?