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In sporting events, there can be a leveling, one founded on wagering, a shared community of uncertainty and anticipation, a fellowship in a democracy of risk. - (Quarry of Gor, Chapter 29, Sentence #42)

The passengers were diverse in attitude and mien, and varied in apparent wealth and status. Yet they sat side by side, speaking to one another, and exchanging views. The rank, distance, and hierarchy common to Gorean society seemed in these crowded precincts to be abated or ignored. In sporting events, there can be a leveling, one founded on wagering, a shared community of uncertainty and anticipation, a fellowship in a democracy of risk. Many of the male passengers seemed well at ease, and I suspected that they had made the journey before, perhaps several times; others seemed curious, or animated or eager; it may have been their first trip; some others, though few, seemed tense, as though something of moment might be afoot, profit or loss, or perhaps even ruin or redemption. Some conversed, lightly, others with marked intent. Some perused the kneeling slaves, for few men are unaware of the presence of visible, purchasable beauty. - (Quarry of Gor)