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.

  • kerrigan778@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    If I recall correctly this was more an amusing story of troops stationed in a country where these items were illegal ordering these things to the base and the military trying to remind people to respect local laws. This is probably more about the military not wanting a diplomatic incident with the host country than them morality policing themselves. Reminding a business to not ship items to a country where those items are illegal seems a pretty reasonable thing. For now the US military doesn’t care if you order butt plugs to the base, they care if you bring butt plugs into a country where they are illegal.

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      17 hours ago

      It’s a very US thing to do, that, blaming the adult store instead of or alongside their soldiers.

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      Yeah because the US is really big on respecting local laws and not causing international incidents. I’m sure a quick perusal of current and historical headlines will reaffirm this stands.