Wonder If Mississippi Radio Stations Can Still Play Steely Dan
The Supreme Court has upheld a Mississippi law banning the sale of sex toys, which it defines as “any device used primarily for stimulation of human genitalia”.
The ordinance divides Mississippians.
Although it’s probably safe to say it doesn’t cleave them.
“I think it’s a good law,” said Paula N_____, 50, of Vicksburg. “I think (sex toy use) leads to pornography and that leads to our children being exploited. I think a lot of it is perverted, anyway.”
Those inductive gymnastics leave my head spinning, but I probably haven’t studied this as closely as Ms. N_____. This syntax, interestingly, leaves a subset of the sex toy experience that Ms. N_____ thinks might not be “perverted”. Faith-based subcontract investigators working for the Mississippi attorney general are seeking to interview Ms. N_____.
The law specifically exempts automatic assault weapons; we can probably infer that electric drills are also exempt if the purchaser can provide evidence of an ongoing construction project, and the part of the drill normally referred to as “chuck” is renamed to something non-gender-specific. Similarly, vacuum cleaners and attachments will only be sold to customers whose residences have dust-bunny concentrations within EPA guidelines.
Coincidentally, sales of this toy have skyrocketed at ToysRUs. Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart quickly pulled it from the shelves.
