cross-posted from : https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/195203/owner-of-adult-store-stunned-after-pentagon-demands-she-stop-shipping-butt-plugs-to-sold

Apparently the US Department of DefenseWar thinks that they can order non-US citizens not resident in the USA to cease and desist from mailing things.

Uh…

Hilarity of the items involved aside, the gall of the US military postal service to give orders to civilians not under their command and not even of their nation is shocking.

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[–] 72 points 9 months ago

That's how you get a 10% active US Military discount.

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  • [–] 37 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    ICE needs them here at home

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  • [–] 27 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    That’s a bizarre string of info. Hope the soldiers get some fun and the butt plug lady gets some extra sales.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    They could be flipping them for money in culturally repressed markets, pranking each other with a small but(t) sensitive item, spousal and personal use.. fun at extreme scale lol.

    Whatever it is, even as boringly significant as an address audit, there could be more to the story, and I for one would scroll that article.

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  • [–] 25 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    The best part is they aren't even the ones sending them. They dont even ship to that country.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Is that a first amendment infringement...? They can tell their soldiers to stop buying it but how are you going to tell the owner stop selling?

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I’ve seen this article with at least 5 different verbs now. “Stunned”, “gobsmacked”, yadda yadda yadda

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    Thank you for your service.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (10 children)

    Apparently they are concerned about soldiers stationed in other nations where sex toys are illegal getting in legal trouble. The original article is kinda funny.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    other nations where sex toys are illegal

    It is illegal to own more than 6 sex toys in Texas:

    Texas Penal Code 43.23 (f) states: “A person who possesses six or more obscene devices or identical or similar obscene articles is presumed to possess them with intent to promote the same.” Elsewhere, the code defines the devices as “a dildo or artificial vagina, designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs.”

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    This doesn't matter, because if you're a soldier getting things shipped to you, it goes to an APO box that then gets sorted internally to go wherever that soldier is stationed. You'd have to stop shipping to military members entirely.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    I'd call it the "Department of Defense" until congress changes the name.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago

    Gee, I was expecting those hunks to be all tops.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Gotta boost morale somehow

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  • She should tell them to butt out.

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