Originally posted by: djheater
Originally posted by: KnightBreed
Originally posted by: djheater
Originally posted by: CKent
Urination is an important and natural part of life, just like breastfeeding. Urine is sterile; it's not unhygenic. If he was facing a bush you wouldn't see much. Why not just look away? His comparison was spot on.
Most telling in this thread is the fact most people in support of public breastfeeding have fallen back to personal insults, the theme being that anyone not agreeing with them is a prudish American or a young child who must "grow up" - or in my case, an idiot heart: bry). Most against it have civilly said so and given reasons why. More parental entitlement (and kids who just want to see boobies) clouding judgement and begetting immaturity, it's really not surprising.
I've been trying to think of a way to express this in a manner that would be engaing and inoffensive, but I don't think it's possible to do so.
Your position implies a lot of hangups about bodily functions which most of the world doesn't share and you're unwilling to be objective about it.
Breastfeeding is not an activity which should be concealed or privatized, there is no breach of privacy occuring on either end of the experience, yours or the mother's.
Good luck with that.
Disagreeing with an opinion does not make one a prude with hang-ups. It seems to me you are no more objective than CKent.
With regards to the original post, the furniture store owner was well within his rights to kick the breast feeding woman out. Whether or not I agree with his views on breast feeding, I understand that it's his establishment and he gets to make the rules.
You are bringing prude into it, I'm not. I'm not sure that so-called prudishness has any place in the conversation. I can't be bothered to look it up and attempt to rationalize it though.
I don't fault him for disagreeing, I fault him for not being able to defend in any rational way his distate for nursing. Equating it with urination or defecation is patently unsound, but he refuses to objectively admit that.
Our ausi friend put it well when he said that there's no reason for any rational, mature individual to protest breastfeeding.
That being said I can't help but think that the fervor stirred up is not about the act itself, leading me to assume other motivations.
Unfortunately
CKent has now gone well off track and is enjoying trolling at this point. Ah, well.