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‘Stop sending butt plugs to Bahrain’: Toronto sex store receives letters from U.S. Department of War (www.ctvnews.ca)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 78 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I 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.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    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.

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