Utilitarian Boobs

[9th Engineer]

Not really, I'm saying you didn't have a position to begin with. There is no rebuttal to "you are just an unsophisticated moron" because then we decend into something more closely resembling "am not. are too" than anything rational adults would call a debate. Post #30 was me advising you to actually read what people post. If I say "there are situations where otherwise acceptable behavior becomes intrusive on others" then do not accuse me of saying it is an unacceptable and unatural act. What the heck is anyone supposed to say to a line like "The very idea that there is an "inappropriate location" for breatsfeeding is repulsive to me". Really. Not only is your language hilariously bombastic, but I can either assume you are talking out of your ass or you have no concept of situational etiquette. Let me restate for clarification "I have no problem with public breastfeeding, and I'm sure most people do not, under all but a few circumstances". If you talk loudly on your cell phone on the street, in your car or at the mall then no one is going to care very much. Try it at an expensive restaurant and you will be asked to stop or leave.

Now then, is it really so much to ask a mother to feed her child either before or after the short amount of time it would make those around her uncomfortable??

[Griff]

Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

Now then, is it really so much to ask a mother to feed her child either before or after the short amount of time it would make those around her uncomfortable??

So do you want her to feed the child on the toilet or outside with the smokers? Babies eat constantly and on their own schedules. They don't have the stomach capacity for three meals a day. It can be done discretely and generally is as long as nobody makes a big deal out of it. You'd be suprised at how often you didn't notice.

There was a short period of time when the cultural norm of breast-feeding on demand was suppressed, mostly to market baby formula to the middle-class. People now understand that babies get a lot more than nutrition from their mothers and societies norms are shifting back where they belong. Do we really want to make good mothers another group of social outcasts?

[Trilby]

Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

Really. Not only is your language hilariously bombastic, but I can either assume you are talking out of your ass or you have no concept of situational etiquette.

"Hilariously Bombastic" would be a good name for a rock band.

[Flint]

Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

actually read what people post

Originally Posted by Griff

There was a short period of time when the cultural norm of breast-feeding on demand was suppressed, mostly to market baby formula to the middle-class. People now understand that babies get a lot more than nutrition from their mothers and societies norms are shifting back where they belong. Do we really want to make good mothers another group of social outcasts?

[Flint]

Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

Not only is your language hilariously bombastic, but I can either assume you are talking out of your ass or you have no concept of situational etiquette. Let me restate for clarification "I have no problem with public breastfeeding, and I'm sure most people do not, under all but a few circumstances".

I think I understand. I heard on NPR this morning that Iraqi goat herders are being killed for not putting diapers on their goats when they bring them into town. Apparently this presents an "inappropriate" temptation, meaning: the exposed genetalia of the goats, when viewed by the general public.

Now, in this case, "situational etiquette" dictates that exposed goat genetalia can be tolerated "under all but a few circumstances" . . . Is that how it works?

Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

What the heck is anyone supposed to say to a line like "The very idea that there is an "inappropriate location" for breatsfeeding is repulsive to me". Really.

What are you "supposed to say" ??? Ummm... Offer a rebuttal, or admit you were wrong? Or...just never come back to the thread?

I just don't feel comfortable telling you what to say. I'm sure if you had something to say, you'd say it. Unless "situational ettiquette" dictated otherwise.