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John Ashcroft's war on pleasure

Laws and Politicians, Mostly Bad

A look at the history and present of the American government's war on professionally packaged sexual pleasures.

Only the man himself can say for certain, but I’m pretty sure that Attorney General John Ashcroft would disapprove of the Realdoll, a life-size $5,999 sex dummy that boasts "a completely articulated skeleton which allows for anatomically correct positioning." Nor, I imagine, would he have any kind words for the Extreme Bonk’er™ sex trapeze, the mango-scented Cum-Kleen personal wipes, or the thousands of hardcore videotapes and DVDs that are for sale here ...

G. Beato, Reason: Xtreme Measures: Washington’s new crackdown on pornography

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