My Inner Baby news update

[Tinklepanties]

Hi all, I’m sure there’s an existing thread already started about this, but I’m too lazy to dig it out. The owners of MIB posted an update this morning. While the news is mixed at best, it’s clear their -and by extension “our” -fight isn’t over. Please consider reaching out with encouragement and support. They are making the decision to stick by us, let’s make sure we do the same for them.

 

[LittleAndAlone]

Lol so many insecure grown ups scared of a bunch of babies.

 

[Cottontail]

Synopsis: They settled with the city and are continuing their online retail operation while seeking a new location for their physical store.

I've ordered from them a few times and I wish them the best. It might've been interesting to see how a federal appeal played out, but it's hard to see that going their way. Obviously, having invested what they did in their retail store, some amount of pushing back on the city was reasonable, but the idea that they weren't an adult business was completely absurd IMO. Best to roll with the punches now before you get KO-ed.

 

[KBoy]

i am starting to question the whole "Hating Babies" thing
Sure i know plenty of guys who would love to hate abdl's, if they knew about us that is.. Hell, these men hate everything that they see!
And i am sure even more people would be confused and just not understand..
But since i have been on forum i have gotten a little acceptance here on Red Dog Drive, just a little...
i think that we should stand in solidarity with "My Inner Baby", as long as there mission is compatible and agreeable with ours. The way that incontinent people are standing with a sissy ninny baby like me.
i think that i am also going to stop assuming that everyone will hate me because i am abdl, they are already proving that they do not.

 

[LittleAndAlone]

Synopsis: They settled with the city and are continuing their online retail operation while seeking a new location for their physical store.

I've ordered from them a few times and I wish them the best. It might've been interesting to see how a federal appeal played out, but it's hard to see that going their way. Obviously, having invested what they did in their retail store, some amount of pushing back on the city was reasonable, but the idea that they weren't an adult business was completely absurd IMO. Best to roll with the punches now before you get KO-ed.

I'd say deploy battalions of autonomous guided sentry weapons and stand their ground. Bullies can suck it, even if it's a state or government. None of this legal BS means anything if nobody can physically enforce anything.

 

[Cottontail]

I'd say deploy battalions of autonomous guided sentry weapons and stand their ground. Bullies can suck it, even if it's a state or government. None of this legal BS means anything if nobody can physically enforce anything.

That would make the shopping experience awfully friendly! "Welcome to My Inner Baby. Don't stray from the painted footprints, be sure to duck all laser beams, and remember: Diapers don't stop bullets. We hope you enjoy your visit."

 

[LittleAndAlone]

That would make the shopping experience awfully friendly! "Welcome to My Inner Baby. Don't stray from the painted footprints, be sure to duck all laser beams, and remember: Diapers don't stop bullets. We hope you enjoy your visit."

Integrate passive IFF into the AI imagers. If you're dressed like a baby and weren't previously identified as LE, you're not a valid target.

 

[IvyDemi]

It's definitely sad to hear that after all of the fighting, they basically are back at square one and are still being forced to move locations.

However, it is good to hear that they aren't pushing themselves to bankruptcy over the decision (albeit 50k in legal costs probably didn't help), and instead, they're trying to find a new location. Personally, whenever I went, I found the location a bit hard to find, having skipped past it 3 times before finding it. We'll have to see where it ends up, since based on the lawsuit, they'll be forced to put it only in a few possible locations, given the zoning restrictions being imposed. However, I'm glad to hear they're still hoping to reopen though, albeit in a new location.

the idea that they weren't an adult business was completely absurd IMO

By the legal definition of "adult business" which with they had to fall under in order to be classified an adult business, the only criteria that could have possibly made them considered an adult business is having items that were "primarily designed or marketed to stimulate human genitalia", of which of all of the items there, the only one being close to genitalia is, of course, diapers.
As such, the idea that MIB is (legally) an adult business comes hand in hand with the idea that either 1. ABDL diapers are primarily designed to stimulate human genitalia, or 2. MIB was primarily marketing its diapers to stimulate human genitalia.
So while yeah, colloquially, they are an adult business, the implications of this are a bit far extending in terms of what this means for ABDL diapers legally. (Note: not a lawyer)

 

[PadPhilosopher]

That would make the shopping experience awfully friendly! "Welcome to My Inner Baby. Don't stray from the painted footprints, be sure to duck all laser beams, and remember: Diapers don't stop bullets. We hope you enjoy your visit."

It would be like none other, though!

 

[LittleAndAlone]

Not sure why this is up for debate. Any sensible person would be able to inspect the store. They are either selling dildos and porn or they aren't. Pretty black and white. Baby clothes and diapers might not be understood by normies but that doesn't make them inherently sex paraphernalia.

Goes to show you who in society is factually obsessed with sex when that's all they see everywhere...

 

[PadPhilosopher]

Bigotry and prejudice have always existed, and always will. When one former target becomes widely accepted, another will appear. As funny as it can be to imagine a dystopian shopping experience where the store is guarded by a private army, the MLK approach is better, I think. Politely but persistently insist that ABs are people, too, have the same rights as any other, and refuse to cower and hide. I say that with no vested interest, as an onlooker, not being AB or DL myself. Peaceful persistence is how things get accepted; prove to the the bigoted that you're not what their prejudices assumed.

 

[Cottontail]

As such, the idea that MIB is (legally) an adult business comes hand in hand with the idea that either 1. ABDL diapers are primarily designed to stimulate human genitalia, or 2. MIB was primarily marketing its diapers to stimulate human genitalia.
So while yeah, colloquially, they are an adult business, the implications of this are a bit far extending in terms of what this means for ABDL diapers legally. (Note: not a lawyer)

Like I said, it might've been interesting to see this play out in court. I think one can reasonably assume that MiB knew the makeup of the ABDL community, knew that a very large fraction of the community is fetishists, and knew that the viability of their business depended on that chunk of the community. I see it as more about what the products are used for and who's buying them. Absolutely not all ABDLs are kinky and sexual with this stuff. Many are. The roadside farmer's market flies under the radar because 99.9% of shoppers who buy carrots, zucchinis, and corn intend to eat them. If that wasn't the case, then the farmer's market would absolutely be in the red light district.

 

[PadPhilosopher]

99.9% of shoppers who buy carrots, zucchinis, and corn intend to eat them.

I laughed way too hard at the inference here.

 

[messydiaper]

Hamilton County, Indiana was a hot bed of Klan activity a hundred years ago. The Klan had a huge rise in Indiana in the 1920's and Noblesville was a part of that movement.

To their credit, they did convict the major contributor to the Klan, D.C. Stephenson, they were the second highest clan county in Indiana. A jury in Noblesville sent D.C. Stephenson to jail for 25 years for raping, mutilating, and murdering a young woman from Indianapolis. That trial ultimately brought down the Klan in Indiana.

Noblesville. Still discriminating a hundred years later.

 

[PadPhilosopher]

Hamilton County, Indiana was a hot bed of Klan activity a hundred years ago. The Klan had a huge rise in Indiana in the 1920's and Noblesville was a part of that movement.

To their credit, they did convict the major contributor to the Klan, D.C. Stephenson, they were the second highest clan county in Indiana. A jury in Noblesville sent D.C. Stephenson to jail for 25 years for raping, mutilating, and murdering a young woman from Indianapolis. That trial ultimately brought down the Klan in Indiana.

Noblesville. Still discriminating a hundred years later.

There's a world of difference between the KKK terrorizing and sometimes murdering people whose innate and unchosen skin color wasn't to their liking, and city officials serving a business a Cease and Desist letter with fines attached because their selected line of business isn't to their taste. I don't like the behavior in either case, but there is no moral equivalence here, or if you like, immoral equivalence.

 

[Subtlerustle]

If I was a lawyer in Indiana I would have represented them for free.

 

[ItsyBitsyBabySara]

sadden they have already gotten rid of the store, for months now the sign has been take down and it looks empty. What I heard is that the only reason the city called it a sex shop cause using the ABDL which the city states that is a fetish and all fetish are sexual. But I do think they were trying to get out of a deal with the owners on his other business. You can only see the store sign from the highway which you have to almost go through a maze to get to it. But also a block down the street it’s on is housing and a church, so maybe they made a stink, but I believe that not be the reason cause you would have seen protests at the store and they was none. Like they say you can’t fight city hall.

 

[Mehrabad98]

i am starting to question the whole "Hating Babies" thing
Sure i know plenty of guys who would love to hate abdl's, if they knew about us that is.. Hell, these men hate everything that they see!
And i am sure even more people would be confused and just not understand..
But since i have been on forum i have gotten a little acceptance here on Red Dog Drive, just a little...
i think that we should stand in solidarity with "My Inner Baby", as long as there mission is compatible and agreeable with ours. The way that incontinent people are standing with a sissy ninny baby like me.
i think that i am also going to stop assuming that everyone will hate me because i am abdl, they are already proving that they do not.

I feel like a certain contingent of people around the world are just straight up hateful. They hate everyone and everything that isn't entirely similar to them. They have hate in their hearts and no capacity for real love. They can't go a day without hating.

 

[LittleAndAlone]

sadden they have already gotten rid of the store, for months now the sign has been take down and it looks empty. What I heard is that the only reason the city called it a sex shop cause using the ABDL which the city states that is a fetish and all fetish are sexual. But I do think they were trying to get out of a deal with the owners on his other business. You can only see the store sign from the highway which you have to almost go through a maze to get to it. But also a block down the street it’s on is housing and a church, so maybe they made a stink, but I believe that not be the reason cause you would have seen protests at the store and they was none. Like they say you can’t fight city hall.

You can, just need a few cruise missiles.

The state traditionally relies on numbers to intimidate and overpower lone individuals. Technology is a great equalizer that makes numbers irrelevant.

 

[PadPhilosopher]

You can, just need a few cruise missiles.

The state traditionally relies on numbers to intimidate and overpower lone individuals. Technology is a great equalizer that makes numbers irrelevant.

That's similar to the thought expressed in the line, "God made man, then Sam Colt made 'em equal." For those unfamiliar with it, Sam Colt made the first mass market repeating pistols, aka revolvers, allowing anyone to have 6 shots at their immediate disposal in quick succession. Force equalization does equalize, no doubt, but that can be messy, too. "Let might make right" always backfires, because not everyone is benevolent. Sadly, people do find ways to weaponize the law to force their will upon other people, but force of arms, while a possible solution in one sense, is not a durable or socially viable solution in the long run, even if it were practical, which it is not.