Bondage 101 - Calgary Herald 2003/10/19

Your editorial contains a statement that could be referred to charitably as incomplete and inflammatory: "The three-hour workshop, which costs $15, teaches participants how to avoid death by strangulation and cutting off blood flow to limbs."

The workshop teaches basic safety principles as applicable to erotic rope bondage, including selection of suitable rope, areas of the body to avoid and preventing loss of circulation. The premise of the workshop is bondage as a safe, sane and consensual activity. In the context of safety, bondage and sadomasochistic activities are structured to ensure that life is not at risk.

As a member of the group providing the instructors for the workshop, I take issue with the way your editorial was written.

Greg Bickford

Victoria, B.C.