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 | | As a kid, what i took "Have a safe and sane 4th" to mean was something like, "Have a good time, but don't be stupid and burn down the house or blow your hand off." A couple of decades later, that seemed to fit S/M just fine. |
 | | Note that this first use of "safe, sane, and consensual" occurred in a context that also included concepts like community, responsibility, tradition, education, and gay liberation. |
 | | As an organization, GMSMA never tried to officially define "safe," "sane," or "consensual." From the beginning, we knew that beyond the obvious applications of these terms, there are vast gray areas. |
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