Word: paddleboro
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Dates: during 2004-2004
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When news of Paddleboro reached Kramer, she sent the NCSF, which she also chairs, onto the scene. A political organization based in Washington, D.C., NCSF focuses on the same issues as NELA, but with a broader perspective...
...past performance is any indication, Kramer’s NCSF will put up a strong fight. After months of lobbying, group response and legal wrangling, none of those charged in the Paddleboro case have served time...
...Paddleboro may have actually attracted more people to BDSM activism, says Cecilia M. Tan, NELA’s media relations director...
Benefits aside, Kramer maintains Paddleboro should never have happened. “Two lives have been ruined, and fifty thousand dollars have been spent over a wooden spoon,” she says...
Following Paddleboro, the NCSF’s group incident-response program turned its attention to a college in Iowa where an organization called CUFFS, an educational and SM/Leather/Fetish social group, had been suspended. Last spring, the group held an introductory class on flogging. When administrators found out about the class, they shut the club down. NCSF’s appeals to the administrative board were unsuccessful. Now Kramer is reaching out to the board of regents and encouraging activists from across the country to send letters and petitions. As of yet, nothing has changed. The club remains at a standstill...