Porn In The Military: The War Within The War

Porn In The Military: The War Within The WarWe’re not sure if you’ve heard anything about it or not, but the United States kind of got itself involved in a war recently. A couple hundred thousand (give or take) military personal are currently overseas—many of them directly in a combat zone—and they’ve got a lot on their minds, what with the bombs and bullets, nevermind the political situation back home that put them there that has also dug a big rift right down the middle of this country. But you know what’s even worse than all that? Some of them are looking at porn!

Yes, of all the pressing issues facing our current military situation there are some folks who think the most important one is the ability of servicemen and women to buy pornography at the base store. A 1996 law forbids the sale of “explicit” material (which brings everyone back to the unending debate about what that word means) and some “patriots” are actually upset that it isn’t being enforced all that strictly. There’s something to be said for the fact that sexually-frustrated people make excellent killers, but it seems like if we’re sending those people to get shot at on the other side of the planet, the least we could do is let them look at few boobies. (And don’t even get us started on the two female soliders who had their dildoes confiscated. How else are they supposed to pass the time?) So why does the army hate our troops?

(And don’t forget—if you want to send our soldiers you own smut you’re more than welcome to—every boob counts!)

· “Military’s porn ban questioned” (usatoday.com)

· “War Games” (avnmedianetwork.com; page 80)

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Previously: White Ribbons And The War On Porn: Know Your Enemy, Send A Tushie To Your Boy In The Army

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  • Anonymous

    I’m glad our country really has its head on straight. Of course people sent to a foreign country to help ensure religious, social and societal freedom for all shouldn’t be allowed the freedom to look at what they want, and do what they want with their own body in a safe and reasonable way. Makes perfect sense!

  • Anonymous

    Personally I think that CENTCOM GO 1 needs to be redone. I think if porn was allowed in the theater it might actually reduce sexual assaults.

  • Come a little Miroslav Klose You’re My Kind of Man

    So, the Full metal jacket for this war will feature two GI sipping tea & discussing Omar Khayyam with properly hajjab’d Arab women?

    Let-down.

  • Violet Blue

    I’ve had soldiers in Iraq email me recently (last week) because they’ve purchased one of my sex ed audiobooks (or erotic ebooks) from digitapub.com and can’t download them. I spent hours the other night trying to send one guy his copy of my “sex ed basics” book (MP3 files). he wrote saying he thought it was the crap internet connection they have over there, but now I wonder.

  • Trackback

    Geoff Ashley is one of our Gawker Artists, but it wasn’t until I was working really super hard and concentrating on writing my column today that I clicked around and found his LiveJournal — and his super-delish portfolio site.

  • Anonymous

    Violet more than likely there’s a filter keeping them from getting your mp3s. I remember when I was stationed over there and trying to get images off of Google, yeah I need my porn so what, that all of a sudden the the pics just wouldn’t load up. But I could easily get non sexual pics. Go figure.