Military Censorship?

[oggbashan]

This message was posted in a Yahoo Adult Group yesterday:

Hello,

I have to change my e mail setting to WEB ONLY I am being sent to Iraq (USMC!) and e mails
with this type of content is not allowed in a muslim country or by the new U.S. Military rules. I
really would like to stay and not be banned for the e mail change but that of course is up to
you.

Thank you in advance,
Semper Fi!

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Is the USMC banning erotica, and what about supporting the troops? Pin-ups have been a part of military life since the days of chivalry.

Has anyone else heard about a restriction for US troops?

Og

 

[TheeGoatPig]

A month ago I could have asked my brother in law if this was true. But since he seperated from my sister a couple of weeks ago...

 

[Wildcard Ky]

The "official" stance of the military is that things like cussing, porn, drinking, etc are all taboo.

If he's operating on a government computer, or a government connection, then they can and will censor for porn.

One thing you have to remember: The military is not a democracy. It is a completely totalitarian, dictatorial rule.

 

[Boxlicker101]

The "official" stance of the military is that things like cussing, porn, drinking, etc are all taboo.

If he's operating on a government computer, or a government connection, then they can and will censor for porn.

One thing you have to remember: The military is not a democracy. It is a completely totalitarian, dictatorial rule.

My God, cussing and drinking used to be a way of life in the military. As Og said, soft-core porn was too.

 

[cumallday]

The "official" stance of the military is that things like cussing, porn, drinking, etc are all taboo.

If he's operating on a government computer, or a government connection, then they can and will censor for porn.

One thing you have to remember: The military is not a democracy. It is a completely totalitarian, dictatorial rule.

Not unlike where most people work. Simply replace the words government and military with office.

 

[angela146]

Two big things have changed: women in more prominence in the military, and the stationing of troops in Islamic countries.

In the old days (before Anita Hill, before women were admitted to the academies, before women were treated with actual respect) the military was a man's world. Pictures of naked women were OK.

Men were men and women were primarily for fucking when on shore leave.

However, when people started using phrases like "sexual harassment" and "hostile work environment" things changed. When women rose to command rank in larger numbers, it became obvious that it either had to go both ways, or it had to get toned down a lot.

If the only women aboard ship were in pictures hanging over your bunk, it was relatively harmless, but if that picture got you all horny and then a nice attractive woman walked by with clusters on her collar, you gotta remember that she isn't for fucking - she's for saluting.

It only takes a few times of people getting bent over a desk before the rules have to change.

And then there was Operation Desert Shield in Saudi Arabia.

They allowed porno magazines - as long as someone took a magic marker and blackened all of the flesh tones down to her wrists and ankles and up to her neck.

Respect for the local customs and all that...

 

[Dar~]

This message was posted in a Yahoo Adult Group yesterday:
Is the USMC banning erotica, and what about supporting the troops? Pin-ups have been a part of military life since the days of chivalry.

Has anyone else heard about a restriction for US troops?

Og

In a country where pornography is legal, the UCMJ has no ruling. However, in a country where pornography is not allowed and is in fact banned, the UCMJ holds the laws of the foreign entity in regard and expects it's soldiers to do the same.

Each time my husband has been to the middle east, he has been told that his mail will be censored. Many troops recieve their magazines with ads ripped out or without covers b/c they were deemed sexual in nature by the Muslim search crews. Not only is it considered immoral there, it is un-holy. They aren't even supposed to have semi clad photos of their spouses, and by semi clad, I mean no photos from the beach with the family. Swim suits are offensive.

This isn't a new thing in the US. not for middle eastern countries anyway.

 

[Somme]

Two big things have changed: women in more prominence in the military, and the stationing of troops in Islamic countries.

In the old days (before Anita Hill, before women were admitted to the academies, before women were treated with actual respect) the military was a man's world. Pictures of naked women were OK.

Men were men and women were primarily for fucking when on shore leave.

However, when people started using phrases like "sexual harassment" and "hostile work environment" things changed. When women rose to command rank in larger numbers, it became obvious that it either had to go both ways, or it had to get toned down a lot.

If the only women aboard ship were in pictures hanging over your bunk, it was relatively harmless, but if that picture got you all horny and then a nice attractive woman walked by with clusters on her collar, you gotta remember that she isn't for fucking - she's for saluting.

It only takes a few times of people getting bent over a desk before the rules have to change.

And then there was Operation Desert Shield in Saudi Arabia.

They allowed porno magazines - as long as someone took a magic marker and blackened all of the flesh tones down to her wrists and ankles and up to her neck.

Respect for the local customs and all that...

Penned bhurkas?

 

[slyc_willie]

I think part of this stems from the whole Guantanamo Bay fiasco. I will in no way protect those soldiers who abused their captives, but I think, because of what happened, the military is being especially careful regarding any exposure to pronographic material to our tropps.

And, please, no backlash about 'abuse of captives.' That is better suited to another thread.