Sahwa‘Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain’: Toronto sex store receives letters from U.S. Department of War
TachyonTeleI thought it was a joke order, and it still could be, but this cracked me up:
Bennett questioned whether or not the American soldiers stationed in Bahrain have been directly notified on what they are allowed to order to the country.
Honestly, probably not. Sure stuff like alcohol restrictions, but do you really think kegsbreath is letting the military tell its troops they may very well be interested in buttplugs, but Bahrain prohibits them so they need to leave them with the booze back home.
Bahrain allows alcohol.
Whats a butt plug other than a very short/long bottle?
Its basically the same as a cork on a bottle of wine.
I suspect they haven’t. I’ve never actually been in the military but I have been a private contractor that has worked with the military and it’s amazing how dysfunctional it can be.
Everyone involved in any particular situation always seems to be the least competent person they could possibly have had. Often it’s a combination of wilful ignorance combined with a “not my job” attitude.
I can totally see a situation where no one has bothered it to sit down with the soldiers and actually tell them any of this, while at the same time soldiers are obtrusive enough that it never occurred to them that Bahrain is extremely non-progressive.
This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥You’ve heard Bombs over Baghdad, now get ready for Buttplugs to Bahrain.
I love everything about this. They got a bullying letter from the US Navy over something beyond their control, handled it like professionals, turned it into free publicity and a news story, and the reporters got a sheepish “no comment” from both the DoD and Bahrainian officials. chef’s kiss BRB, I think I need to order some butt plugs.
In a bedazzled frame.
No one takes the USA seriously.
Especially butt plug sellers. Canada has thousands employed mining buttplugs.
The children yearn for the…nope.
khannieBRB, I think I need to order some butt plugs.
Surely and I mean SURELY this is Streisand effect in full force. I wonder how many they’re going to receive in the coming months.
Bahrain is going to have butt plugs coming out the…
…well, you know…
Oh, yeah, exactly what I was thinking. Anybody got an address that would maximize the impact?
Eager EagleI don’t think Bahrain cares how many buttplugs they sell in other countries, so I wouldn’t call it a Streisand effect
That’s not what it means. You need a party actively trying to censor or hide information to be a Streisand effect, this is just accidental marketing.
xoggyThey didn’t get bullied. The letter just notified the company the parcel was returned because the US base complies with the host country’s import customs.
This. No bullying in sight.
This is to notify you that the parcel was returned to the sender .Please notify the sender that pornographic materials or devices are not allowed into the Kingdom of Bahrein.
All I can see is an information why the package was returned. The only thing that went “wrong” is that it was returned to the address of the original sender and not to the address of the person who forwarded the parcel to Bahrein.
If that middle man didn’t put their address on the package, it’s no surprise that it was instead sent to the original sender.
Tbh, there’s not really a story at all. The package contained stuff that’s illegal in the destination country and thus was returned. A letter was attached to explain that fact. That’s it.
NutWrenchShouldn’t the letter be coming from a more appropriate department, like Commerce or Trade or something?
Also, “Buttplugs for Bahrain” sounds like a charity drive.
InternetCitizen2It is, they have a shortage.
A_norny_mousseOne of the letters from the U.S. Department of Defense, mounted in a bedazzled frame.
🤣
„Too sexy for Bahrain“ should be their new slogan
I can already hear a new version of the Right Said Fred song.
“I’m too sexy for Bahrain Too sexy for Bahrain …”
unfortunately they are massive dickheads in real life.
Who? Right Said Fred?
yeah. big Brexiters who’ve said some bigoted things
Did not know that. Thanks.
…to sexy to contain!
Looking forward to the remake of the Right Daid Fred song.
Right Said Fred - I’m Too Sexy OFFICIAL music Video
That’s what this is.
Does someone have a mirror? Obviously, this article is too spicy for Europe.
WesDym@barnaclebutt I don't, but I can give you a summation:
Sex-toy shop in Canada ships to US. Some US military addresses actually forward to foreign places -- such as Bahrain, where these toys are illegal. That forces US to send them back, with angry letters demanding that shop do their job for them. Shop laughs.
Works fine in my part of Europe, but here you go
Thanks!
AkasazhIt’s not very clearly written. I’m left wondering who shipped the articles to Bahrein, as the company does not ship there. Also there’s lots of meandering and rephrasing.
@Akasazh Shipping to the US includes shipping to US military service stations (through central distribution facilities in the US). That is, from their perspective they're shipping to the US, which they do. But if it's to a US military recipient, it might physically go anywhere in the world.
Nevertheless, the US tries to respect the laws of host countries. These materials are allowed in the US, but not Bahrain. This whole debacle resulted from some odd legal and logistical over-laps.
/cont-2
@Akasazh 2/ The US is asking the shipper to proactively enforce Bahrain's laws on their behalf, but that is not the shipper's job, because the shipper is not sending it there, but instead to the US. They're right to mock US authorities for these stern letters. It's the US military's job to enforce that and deal with whomever made the order, who should have known better.
In many ways, though, this is typical of military bureaucracy, in nearly any country.
The reason it’s confusing is the headline.
- Soldiers ordered through third-parties because Bahrain law does not allow adult products
- US navy intercepted during inspection, and wrote a letter to the sender informing them of what was occurring
So many things going wrong these days, but this one is spin.
A butt plug is a gift that keeps on giving.
Might want to size up if they are comming out 🤭
DylanMc6 [any, any]Dear US Department of War/Defense: In the words of a wise old philosopher, “screw you, make me”. Sincerely, the Sex Toy Store.
This story is a stretch.
pornographic material, including sex toys, handcuffs and nudity magazines, are in “strict violation” of Bahrain law.
It has nothing to do with the US, other than Naval Command wrote the letter informing them that another country doesn’t allow it.
Factually, no, but it, and the headline, infers that the US is being it’s usual uptight self. There’s plenty of stuff to complain about without the spin.
@Fmstrat @mrdown I don't understand what people are arguing about, or why. It's clear what happened.
US military addresses, anywhere in the world, are US addresses. That means that a shipper in Canada who normally ships to the US (legally) doesn't know where that's actually going to end up, and can't be responsible for that. It's up to USPS and the military to screen the mail to avoid offending the laws of other countries, not a 2-person shop in Canada. The letter is misplaced.
@Fmstrat This has nothing to with how 'uptight' the US is. These items are indeed illegal in Bahrain, and in this case the US is for whatever reason trying to make some small shop responsible for how the US handles mail that's legal in the US.
By the way, possessive 'its' has no apostrophe. I know that's counter-intuitive, but that's how it is. "It's" is a contraction of "it is".