Death By Shibari

[twister947]

http://www.theprovince.com/news/charged+game+death/5387160/story.html

http://news.yahoo.com/italian-student-killed-sex-game-gone-wrong-174429030.html

 

[Lizzie_Borden]

"He was considered one of the experts," a person familiar with the scene told the Ansa news agency.

"Practising this kind of extreme sex, everything has to be controlled, but he knew that completely. We don't understand what happened."

Ummm, they were drinking and doing drugs. That's what happened.

 

[NgxOutjie]

Ummm, they were drinking and doing drugs. That's what happened.

Jip. That was exactly what shouldn't have happened. Whenever a person is drunk or drugged they should stay away from ANY ropework, and suspension as well. Not a good combo, no matter how experienced you are. (mind you, if you are an expert you should know that?)

 

[DVS]

Ummm, they were drinking and doing drugs. That's what happened.

They didn't mention what drugs they were taking. If it was cocaine, it would wear off long before the alcohol would. They could have all been hyped up by the cocaine, then in the middle of the act, it wore off and he passed out. By the time he came around, he looked at the girls and saw what was going on and cut them down.

It was all a sad mistake but like the rules state, don't mix drink, drugs and kinky sex. He may have tied them too tight to begin with, then when the friend fainted, her weight caused the rope to get even tighter on his girlfriend. The issue is...where was he when that happened?

He's the professional. He should have known better than to try that in his condition. Something tells me that he and his girlfriend mixed drink, drugs and sex before, so he didn't consider the dangers this time.

I don't know why anybody would attempt something like this while under the influence of alcohol. That stuff skews a person's normal good judgement. Sad for them as well as the BDSM community as a whole. The vanilla world will chop this one up. We're perverts again.

 

[rida]

Shibari is dangerous, but it did not kill.

Stupidity can be fatal.
Breath play can be fatal.
Rope can be very dangerous, even fatal.
Altered state can be dangerous.

If you do the math, the odds are staked against you.

As a rope bottom, I know the risks and never underestimate them. Still I know that things could go wrong anyway and try to be ready accordingly.

Here is my personal Rope Bottom Safety Decalogue

It is not supposed to be perfect or exhaustive nor the only "twoo" way. I meant it as a starting point to think about the risks and consequences and our own personal responsibility.

It is a tragically sad story that has send a lot of shivers and introspective thought in the rope communities all over the world. Let's hope that something will be learned from it.

 

[iwantyoufuckme]

Ummm, they were drinking and doing drugs. That's what happened.

this is exactly right..