{"id":36910,"date":"2013-08-08T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T10:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=36910"},"modified":"2013-08-08T08:25:54","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T12:25:54","slug":"sex-no-longer-sells-at-aafes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=36910","title":{"rendered":"Sex No Longer Sells – at AAFES"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, that’s apparently true when it comes to magazines, anyway.<\/p>\n

According to this article<\/a> (emphasis added),<\/p>\n

Playboy, Penthouse and other sex-themed magazines will no longer be sold at Army and Air Force exchanges _ a move described by the stores’ operators as a business decision based on falling sales, and not a result of recent pressure from anti-pornography activists<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Raise your hand if you believe that politics had nothing to do with this decision – especially in light of the recent public claims that the presence of “sex magazines” contributes to military sexual exploitation and sexual assault and that DoD needs to “change the culture” to fix things.<\/p>\n

Yeah, I didn’t think so.\u00a0 Me either.<\/p>\n

The timing of this decision is ironic, however.\u00a0 Apparently DoD recently released a letter indicating that sales of magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse were OK for sale by military stores under Federal law “because they were not considered ‘sexually explicit.’ ”<\/p>\n

So, legally they’re not “sexually explicit” – but they are “sex magazines” anyway?<\/p>\n

Ooh-kay.\u00a0 And the tooth fairy leaves a quarter for every baby tooth lost by good kids and left under their pillow, too.<\/p>\n

Hey, I’ve got an idea.\u00a0 Why don’t we try treating the troops like the adults they are <\/em>– and hammering the few miscreants and fools who can’t or won’t act responsibly?<\/p>\n

Oh, wait.\u00a0 We used to do that, but were told to stop. I forget why.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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