Anybody else live in state that bans "TABOO Magazine"?

[bigbike4]

Never fails to amaze me that the government feels it has the right to protect me from myself and censor what I can and can't read. I can not seem to get my beloved Taboo here in eastern TN. I have tried for years to get a subscription sent here and repeatedly have been told that TN will reject the magazine when it gets here.

Go figure.

 

[Stella_Omega]

That's local government for ya. That's "state's rights." That's "if you don't like it here, leave."

There aren't enough Greyhound busses to get everyone leaving. You'll have to stay put and start changing things instead.

 

[1sickbastard]

Never fails to amaze me that the government feels it has the right to protect me from myself and censor what I can and can't read. I can not seem to get my beloved Taboo here in eastern TN. I have tried for years to get a subscription sent here and repeatedly have been told that TN will reject the magazine when it gets here.

Go figure.

How can that be? The USPS is a Federal function, not subject to state/local jurisdiction.
No state gov't has the right to open your mail.

 

[His_pet_slut]

How can that be? The USPS is a Federal function, not subject to state/local jurisdiction.
No state gov't has the right to open your mail.

Same reason you cannot get a dildo via mail order in Mississippi. States can and do restrict these things and it is patently absurd.

 

[ace195008]

Blue laws, I only thought it applied to doing stuff, like selling cars on Sunday, man

 

[DVS]

What ever happened to the brown paper wrapper that was suppose to keep others from knowing what you were purchasing? And as for the state versus Federal laws, the Feds won't interfere with state rulings as long as it doesn't break Federal laws. The smaller, local jurisdictions are closer to the people and so the Feds kind of defer to them.

But, this just creates areas like dry counties, only 3.2 beer on Sunday, liquor ONLY sold at retail liquor stores, and girlie magazines restricted to the dark, dark seedy parts of town, all in an attempt to keep the undesirable types from rubbing elbows with the elite. In my area, we have very unusual and restrictive liquor laws in one state and in the state next door, we can buy most anything on Sunday. But, as far as sex is considered, there are no restrictions in either state, from what I've seen. OK, we do have Fred Phelps and his family.

I live in the central mid-west, fly over country, as some people on the coasts call it. Sounds to me like many of the eastern states are more backwards than the central bible belt. Good for me and sad for you.

 

[His_pet_slut]

What ever happened to the brown paper wrapper that was suppose to keep others from knowing what you were purchasing? And as for the state versus Federal laws, the Feds won't interfere with state rulings as long as it doesn't break Federal laws. The smaller, local jurisdictions are closer to the people and so the Feds kind of defer to them.

But, this just creates areas like dry counties, only 3.2 beer on Sunday, liquor ONLY sold at retail liquor stores, and girlie magazines restricted to the dark, dark seedy parts of town, all in an attempt to keep the undesirable types from rubbing elbows with the elite. In my area, we have very unusual and restrictive liquor laws in one state and in the state next door, we can buy most anything on Sunday. But, as far as sex is considered, there are no restrictions in either state, from what I've seen. OK, we do have Fred Phelps and his family.

I live in the central mid-west, fly over country, as some people on the coasts call it. Sounds to me like many of the eastern states are more backwards than the central bible belt. Good for me and sad for you.

DVS, you must live in the same general part of the country I do. I swear the dry county/wet county travel 50 miles to MO and you can get anything on a Sunday stuff is beyond absurd.

 

[1sickbastard]

What ever happened to the brown paper wrapper that was suppose to keep others from knowing what you were purchasing? And as for the state versus Federal laws, the Feds won't interfere with state rulings as long as it doesn't break Federal laws. The smaller, local jurisdictions are closer to the people and so the Feds kind of defer to them.

But, this just creates areas like dry counties, only 3.2 beer on Sunday, liquor ONLY sold at retail liquor stores, and girlie magazines restricted to the dark, dark seedy parts of town, all in an attempt to keep the undesirable types from rubbing elbows with the elite. In my area, we have very unusual and restrictive liquor laws in one state and in the state next door, we can buy most anything on Sunday. But, as far as sex is considered, there are no restrictions in either state, from what I've seen. OK, we do have Fred Phelps and his family.

I live in the central mid-west, fly over country, as some people on the coasts call it. Sounds to me like many of the eastern states are more backwards than the central bible belt. Good for me and sad for you.

I live in Texas. We have wet counties and dry counties, and counties that ban certain kinds of sex toys, etc.

The last remainder of the state's Blue Laws are restricitions agains when and where one may buy certain alcoholic beverages.

The rest evaporated in the mid-80's when reatilers decided to stop obeying those laws in a sort of a mass civil disobedience protest. The only cases that came to triel were thrown out as unconstitutional (by the state courts).

None of them, however were over what one recieved in the mail.

bigbike4, if you really wanted to get your mag. get a private PO box in a state they will send it to, then have the mail from that private, out of state PO box forwarded to your regular address.

I bet you get your mag.