My Ideal Person:
A submissive is someone who negotiates; a slave does not
A submissive has limits; a slave has given up all limits except those which his/her owner sets for them.
A submissive obeys and serves by choosing to do so each time and retains her will. A slave initially makes a choice to obey his/her master/mistress at all times and then submits to the will of his/her master at all times.
A submissive accepts submission, while a slave accepts obedience.
A submissive has retained some rights within the context of the D/s relationship, whereas a slave has given up all rights and becomes, in effect, property.
A submissive is owned, but a slave is possessed.
A slave is not allowed to sit on furniture or wear clothes, and always kneels at his/her owner’s feet.
A submissive has a safe-word to end play, while a slave has consented to no-consent.
A slave must be a submissive, but a submissive is not necessarily a slave.
Being a submissive is just a step on the way to the “ultimate” state of submission, which is being a slave.
A slave is more submissive than a “mere” submissive. Submissives are just playing; slaves live the lifestyle.

Tell me which you are. I can do what I want with either it will just be done differently.