# Bill would make sex toys illegal in South Carolina
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 23, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907 "2006-04-23T23:20:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/41 "2006-04-24T16:50:29Z")
maybe people could do to Ralph Davenport what Dan Savage did to Rick Santorum. Which is, turn the name into a disgusting sexual term. I think we could use “Ralph” and/or “Davenport” as a term for a sex toy or other form of Sexual stimulation. I think it would be hilarious to hear someone say that when they got home they, “Broke out the Davenport and Ralphed themselves sillly.”
Any ideas for what the names should be used for?
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### Author:  [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2006, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/42 "2006-04-24T17:23:20Z")
Yeah, but a Davenport is already a kind of couch. Imagine the confusion!
(what a dumb proposed law…and I’m pretty socially conservative!)
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/43 "2006-04-24T17:30:21Z")
As if _no one_ has ever used a Davenport for sexual purposes.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/44 "2006-04-24T17:56:41Z")
> [@wheelie](#):
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> Sure, they’ll be the ones with all of the sex toys. 😃
You know, I wonder if telling someone in South Carolina “go fuck yourself” will constitute plotting a crime.
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### Author:  [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/45 "2006-04-24T20:03:22Z")
[Here’s a more complete article.](http://www.goupstate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060422/NEWS/604220319&SearchID=73242556911660) The law is designed to support South Carolina law enforcement, who are already busy raiding stores for violations of existing obscenity laws. How do they know what’s obscene? Well . . .
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> investigations. . . involve undercover detectives renting movies or buying magazines and prosecutors determining whether they’re obscene.
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> “We’re focused on the hard-core magazines, videos … the hardcore porn,” he said.
I’m guessing Spartanburg has no shortage of applicants for the position of public prosecutor.
On the bright side,
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> No other legislator has signed on as a co-sponsor and its passage this year seems unlikely.
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/46 "2006-04-24T20:29:21Z")
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> No other legislator has signed on as a co-sponsor and its passage this year seems unlikely.
I’m sure someone will slip it in. Possibly through the back door.
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### Author:  [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/47 "2006-04-24T20:50:18Z")
We did just legalize tattoos and free-pour, BTW. I guess Rome wasn’t built in a day and all that.
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### Author:  [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/48 "2006-04-24T22:07:11Z")
[Bumper Sticker] You can have my vibrator when you pull it from my cold, dead…hand[/Bumper Sticker]
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2006, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/49 "2006-04-24T22:27:54Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#):
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> I’m sure someone will slip it in. Possibly through the back door.
Greasy palms will be involved.
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### Author:  [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/50 "2006-04-24T22:43:07Z")
> [@kanicbird](#):
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> But that beign said, WTF is wrong with sex toys?!?!
Exactly. Whenever I see a law like this, all I can think is “Why?” Seriously, why is it not okay to enjoy sex? OMG!!1! You sold someone something that will give them an ORGASM! YOU BURN IN HELL AND YOU DIE! Interestingly, I’ve found that people who support this type of law are the people in most dire need of a good orgasm
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### Author:  [@Mrs\_Johnson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Johnson)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2006, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/51 "2006-04-25T00:03:50Z")
Why is this even an issue? What a waste of time and resources! Don’t they have more important things to focus on than people’s private lives?
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/52 "2006-04-25T00:15:33Z")
> [@Mrs Johnson](#):
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> Don’t they have more important things to focus on than people’s private lives?
Like focusing on people’s privates? :eek:
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/53 "2006-04-25T00:19:26Z")
> [@Mrs Johnson](#):
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> Why is this even an issue? What a waste of time and resources! Don’t they have more important things to focus on than people’s private lives?
“Won’t somebody think of the children?” :rolleyes:
I’d like someone in South Carolina to start a petition to classify all **18"DHIBJD :eek: :eek:**'s as [weapons](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266235&highlight=double-headed) instead of sex toys.
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### Author:  [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2006, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/54 "2006-04-25T00:44:14Z")
If this thing passes, it’s the fault of the constituents for bending over and taking it from the legislatures.
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### Author:  [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/55 "2006-04-25T03:26:41Z")
> [@Mrs Johnson](#):
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> Why is this even an issue? What a waste of time and resources! Don’t they have more important things to focus on than people’s private lives?
Once women have vibrators, it’s only a hop, skip and a jump to Nazis on dinosaurs.
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### Author:  [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2006, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/56 "2006-04-25T03:50:50Z")
What about Nazis riding dinosaurs with giant buttplugs in them?
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### Author:  [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2006, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/57 "2006-04-25T03:51:58Z")
(By the way, either the Nazis or dinosaurs are festooned with buttplugs. It’s your choice, humble reader.)
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2006, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/58 "2006-04-25T12:59:10Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#):
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> What about Nazis riding dinosaurs with giant buttplugs in them?
Wasn’t that a Spielberg flick? **Up Jurrassic Park** or **Rump Raiders of Doom**?
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/59 "2006-04-25T14:05:35Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#):
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> Wasn’t that a Spielberg flick? **Up Jurrassic Park** or **Rump Raiders of Doom**?
Starring Tom Cruise! 😃
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-would-make-sex-toys-illegal-in-south-carolina/353907/60 "2006-04-25T14:29:02Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#):
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> What about Nazis riding dinosaurs with giant buttplugs in them?
Sorry, I’m confused by an ambiguous modifying clause. Is it the Nazis that have the giant buttplugs, or the dinosaurs?
Oh, the hell with it. Buttplugs for all!
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