WTF Shipping?
Posted by stacycat on May 15, 2009
While researching an unrelated shipping question, I came across this:
(Shipping to Ireland):
“Circulars or advertisements relating to the prevention or treatment of venereal disease must be addressed to physicians or pharmacists. “
I have no idea what purpose this serves. Any clues?
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Rona said
My guess is that the government thinks that sex education should only be handled by medical professionals, so if you ship pamphlets to doctors/pharmacists they can distribute them but the general public at large isn’t allowed to order them. Because, god forbid, they learn about condoms :)
Croix said
Ireland is largely Catholic, so yes, exactly “God forbid they learn about condoms”. Please note that I removed the commas from that statement. XD
In essence, Irish law often … panders might be to strong a word… I’ll go with tenderfoots around religious issues. In this case, the issue at hand is contraception. The words say prevention or treatment of “venereal disease” but could also imply prevention (or treatment? LOL) of “offspring”.