CLEARING THE AIR

Air Force Base Inspections Turn Up Thousands of Offensive Personal Items

From porn to grisly videos

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Jan 19, 2013 by Dain Fitzgerald

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The US Air Force has uncovered a cache of what the Royal Air Force would call "lad mags."

A sweep of Air Force bases around the world has resulted in the confiscation of over 600 items of pornographic material on either personal computers or displayed in common areas, Business Insider reports. This as the aerial branch of the US military has come under fire in recent days over rape allegations, prompting an assessment of the institution's excessive guy culture.

"Some of this was clearly inappropriate," said Maj. Joel Harper, an Air Force spokesman, who claimed the purpose of the global inspection was "to send a message that this type of stuff is not acceptable in this day and age."

Over 30,000 other items of an offensive but non-pornographic nature were also uncovered, according to the report, such as a video discovered by officials entitled "Achmed the Dead Terrorist."

Via Business Insider and NBC.

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Quantummist

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It's the Air Force.... What ya expect.... Army is Never Offensive... HuYah!!!
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InjusticeSucks

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The question should be asked of the Staff of Politix....are you people bored or just stupid???
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Quantummist

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@InjusticeSucks .. There needs to be a Vote on that...
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Real4WheelDrv

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*repeatedly slams head against the wall* I would like to see the other 29,999 items to decide where yet another amatuer video of a dead enemy ranks. And before anyone says it, I'm sure that if they had meant the Jeff Dunham character, that would have been mentioned. Assuming that politix folks are familiar with his work of course. As for the porn, ehhh....I don't see anything wrong with having it in your own items, but displaying it in public or on a publicly used computer, no. Dangerous circumstances or not, a military base is still a workplace and should be treated as such.
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Real4WheelDrv

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On second thought, if they had meant a dead enemy combatant, the uproar would be enormous...so then if racially/politically/religious ly sensitive material is "offensive" they better have confiscated any and all Dave Chappelle material etc. too. Not to single anyone out, but outside of Jeff Dunham I haven't seen much of any comedy acts in years.
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@Real4WheelDrv - Agreed. Porn is such a normal thing for men, nothing to have a fit over. As for dead terrorists: "SILENCE! I keel you!" (I love that guy.:)
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@Real4WheelDrv porn has always been associated with the military, all branches
Pen up pictures WWI WWII Korea Nam. It has always been there not saying right or wrong. P.C. people are slowly working in every where. I thank God I an not P.C.
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@Denizen_Kate Yeah...all us guys love porn....but, so do the gals. And, Jeff Dunham is probably one of the best acts around.
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@seedtick Sad thing is, most of his act is by no means family friendly and yet he's still one of the cleaner/least controversial...cept for maybe Achmed and Sweet Daddy D...acts around.
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russ

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Out of thousands of items you mention only one item specifically-"Achmed the Dead Terrorist"? It's a dummy, DUMMY!! Who knew Comedy Central was offensive?!
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Real4WheelDrv

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The only thing I can think of, since they mention "grisly" videos is that it's a video of a person labeled with the name, but I dunno.
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It's just funny!! They connect the comedian, Jeff Dunham, with "grisly". Take a look at one of his videos on YouTube.
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russ

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@Real4WheelDrv
My mistake, I didn't see your previous posts.
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@Real4WheelDrv

I'm hoping and not hoping at the same time, that that's the case. I am, because otherwise I'm forced to believe that was what they chose to show as offensive. I'm not, because.. well.. that means it was another "grisly" video.
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stepped_in_it

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HMMM.....men are a visual creature. We like to see the "world" around us. Sometimes we men even like to stare. But, shame on you guys for getting caught with naked pics of women (at least I hope it was women.....we still don't ask....right?). Welp, gotta go, daily dose of risque is waiting.......LOL
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gammler

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Young men have always had pictures of naked ladies around. Even an old man like me has some. This is a tempest in a tea pot.
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Rocker

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Don't tell me this Zoomie brasshat never visited Subic Bay, P.I., Bangkok, or a RSVN house of carnal delights to get an idea of what goes on. LOL Either he has a short memory or was very sheltered.
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DARSB

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@Rocker Navy buddy of mine told me when his ship was headed for Subic Bay the corpsmen would play rock scissors paper. The loser had to work the Clap Clinic for the next couple of weeks after they left port. :-)
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@DARSB Man believe it there were a lot of cases on board after shore leave.
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Realthinker

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My husband works on an Air Force base in an area that is visited by foreign personnel, so when a co-worker was gleefully showing off his dead terrorist cell phone ring tone he was told by management to get rid of it, lest a visitor be offended. In this context I agree it wasn't wise to be demonstrating the ring tone to his colleagues. But for private use, I have no problem with it. I personally would like to see porn disappear from the face of the earth, but that isn't going to happen. Military personnel do give up some rights when they take their oath; they know that from the beginning.
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What defense dept moron or 4 star nitwit who thought the confiscation of porn from military personnel was the "right" thing to do?
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Denizen_Kate

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And what a collosal waste of time. It isn't as if they can't get more.
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Wonder if they found porn magazines in the cockpit...
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culinary

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For God's sake, its porn! I'm female. I have no problem with porn. Name me a man who doesn't have some mags, on the computer, phone, tablet, whatever. Men are very, ahem, visual learners, so by all means leave them alone! The more "lessons" they have, all the better for you girls out there :) on a serious note, it has been known to become an addiction in rare instances, but in my opinion, those people have way bigger problems to deal with. These guys have high stress jobs. Leave them alone.
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Man!! You just gotta love sensible wemmen.
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Have you ever thought of running for Political office?
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culinary

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@jessejaymes lol! Someone would assassinate me within three days!
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DomesticG

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Hey....I'm a female andI have problems with porn!!

Sometimes it's that they aren't showing nearly enough, poor camera angles and too long between action scenes...
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culinary

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@DomesticG hell yeah! I agree. This whole story is stupid. If one person ever says they HAVEN'T ever looked at some sort of porn at least once, I'll have to say liar.
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as long as the material is not against the law or the rules of the Air Force, who cares.
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PoliticalSpice

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If these guys had someone who cared they wouldn't need the porn...
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Food4thoughts

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Hey at least it ain't crack... Better be some skin on that thing in the morning...CARRY ON!
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Thegrif

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The society within a military base, or a Police Dept, or a school of teachers, is just a representative sample of the rest of society. So if you agree this is offensive, well...?
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Bla, bla, bla. Is this newsworthy?
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PNWest

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I am more concerned about officers indoctrinating troops with evangelical Christian propaganda. http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/press...
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Denizen_Kate

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What are the odds that these are the same guys who were hiding most of the porn?
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PNWest

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@Denizen_Kate probably about even money I'd guess.
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Thegrif

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Just a observation and a question.
You seem to never miss the chance to speak out against Christianity.
Why is that?
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PNWest

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@Thegrif I do not speak out against Christianity. I do speak out against the evangelical right wing so-called Christians. I am a Christian. I am disgusted by the right wing evangelical types that preach right wing hatred. When Jesus was here he helped the poor and infirm. He didn't denigrate them and call them a bunch of takers. There is not a single word in the bible equating abortion with murder. The evangelical right has corrupted the word of Jesus. This bothers me and I call them out on it whenever I get the chance. I hope that this answers your question.
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Thegrif

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@PNWest it does answer my question, thank you.
Now I got another question because honestly I do not know and you mentioned it.
Does the Bible mention abortion at all? I mean, I often read it, but I can't recall ever seeing abortion mentioned.
If not maybe that why they lump all killing, including abortion, under murder.
IDK but maybe
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thejimbo

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OMG!!!!! A Playboy mag at a military base! Next, they will probably find an assault weapon! Eeeek!
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Thegrif

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Lmao funny
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It's not my business if an airman is read scat comics on his downtime.
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Raptor

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This is a fine example of a waste of taxpayers money!! Every army since the dawn of time has had stuff going on like this. The money would have been spent in finding waste in the procurment of $400 hammers and the $600 toilet seats and the list go's on.
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HungryJoe87111

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This kind of idiotic, and hypocritical practice reminds me of one of my own Commanding Officers when I was in the US Army (USAREUR). The Captain of my unit took a tour of our barracks and was revolted by photos of Playboy and Penthouse pinups in lockers, but he did not object to photos by some of the guys of dead Vietcong/North Vietnamese soldiers other guys had taped up. The most objectionable thing he found was a beautiful, artistic mural by one of our Unit's men- a 4 corners Navajo/Dine'. It was very culturally-based and absolutely gorgeous. Our former Commanding Officer had allowed Cecil Etsitty, the Artist, to paint the mural. Our new Commanding Officer found it non-military and objectionable. This is what happens when Commanding Officers can't control their own children- they take it out on the enlisted men and women. What a bunch of idiots. Leave the guys alone! They work hard for their money, put up with a bunch of Mickey Mouse BS, and are far away from home. Let them have a little taste of free civilian life in their off duty hours!!!
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RedFloppyShoes

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We put them in the most dangerous situations in human existence and yet hold them at a higher level of accountability. The level of expectations don't match.
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Denizen_Kate

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Much ado over nothing much. Men with stashes of porn. In other news: water is wet.
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