more please wrote:
It's fine as long as I'm allowed to stare. The woman can't breastfeed in public and then get angry when guys stop to look.
And you're not allowed to get angry when you are out for dinner in a nice restaurant and I stand next to you and stare as you shovel your food.
Jesus Christ people, its a kid having lunch, what the hell is the big deal?
Harris Poll wrote:
[quote]more please wrote:
Jesus Christ people, its a kid having lunch, what the hell is the big deal?
If you are really going to equate breast feeding a baby with 'a kid having lunch' there is no point in discussing this further. You are beyond hope with an inability to use your brain!
Breastfeeding can be done so that it is not so blatant. Most women I see breastfeeding (and this included my wife) would drape a sheet or blanket over the kid and the breast.
I guess Maggie G figures everyone has see her tits anyway...
Kele wrote:
But pissing isn't nearly as natural as breastfeeding. F***ing retarded americans, why can't everybody be European?
1. Everyone pisses, men and women, so I would say it is just as natural.
2. My wife and I were on the Metro in Paris when this little boy walked up to his mom, pulled down her shirt and took a few drags off the woman's tit. Now this kid must have been 4 years old. Sorry, but when the kid has teeth, it might be time to cut off the breastfeeding.
I was breast fed by my grandmother, but it didn't affect me.
Although as an adult I do prefer drinking milk that is beyond the expiration date.
Harris Poll wrote:
Jesus Christ people, its a kid having lunch, what the hell is the big deal?
Then why is there a picture of it on the internet? Why is there are discussion? Why is it on the news? I am just wondering because you said it's just a kid having lunch.
Nice!!! wrote:
If you are really going to equate breast feeding a baby with 'a kid having lunch' there is no point in discussing this further. You are beyond hope with an inability to use your brain!
there is no need to 'equate', since that is precisely - by definition - what breastfeeding is.
Discussion over. Once side of the camp is too retarded to comprehend anything.
Society's conventions are arbitrary - underwear at the beach = no, less modest bathing suits = ok. Topless women in the office = no. Women breastfeeding in the office = ok (or at least legally is).
I understand that rightly, or wrongly, some people are uncomfortable with naked breasts in certain contexts.
However, the deal here is that only women can breastfeed. So it is inequitable to ask them to hide in a dingy bathroom, or in some back alley to alleviate the discomfort of others. We as a species need to feed and raise kids for the species to survive. If one believes that we should propogate the species, then one benefits from women breastfeeding. Accordingly, it is unfair to take those benefits, while not sacrificing one's own comfort a bit to make it easier for them.
for the same reason paris hiltons prison pics are on the internet. they are apparently of some sensationalist interest to folks like you. they didn't publish the photo for me, i don't give a shit.
saursoor wrote:
for the same reason paris hiltons prison pics are on the internet. they are apparently of some sensationalist interest to folks like you. they didn't publish the photo for me, i don't give a shit.
Then it's not just eating.
of course you dont care. that is why you are here posting about it since this thread started. because you dont care. and you need to be sure everybody knows how much you dont care.
Harris Poll wrote:
more please wrote:It's fine as long as I'm allowed to stare. The woman can't breastfeed in public and then get angry when guys stop to look.
And you're not allowed to get angry when you are out for dinner in a nice restaurant and I stand next to you and stare as you shovel your food.
Uh, that might be the worst analogy I've ever heard.
However, I agree with the larger point- breastfeeding is not a big deal. People need to relax.
Neither is someone walking around with other private parts hanging out.
care bear wrote:
of course you dont care. that is why you are here posting about it since this thread started. because you dont care. and you need to be sure everybody knows how much you dont care.
i don't care about the breastfeeding. i do find the 'controversy' surrounding it here endlessly fascinating, however. see the difference?
But what you fail to realize is that it's more the just about what YOU think. No one cares what YOU think. It's what everyone in society thinks. One person might not care if I were to shave my armpits in a public place but most would see this as a problem.
first of all, how many who have responded have actually breastfed a child? let me tell you it is a lot of work, young babies breastfeed every two hours for at least 20 minutes at a time. even as they get older it is every three hours. it can be painful, messy, and basically attaches you to your child for the first year. these obstacles have created a huge drop in the number of babies who are breastfeed even though it has been associated with lowering the risk of obesity later in life, improving the babies immune response, and is correlated with higher intelligence levels later in life. my point is, breastfeeding is hard work and our society should applaud women who choose to do it, rather than criticize them for not being discreet enough. if a breastfeeding mom has the time and energy to go out and meet friends for lunch, she should not have to rush to the bathroom and sit in a dirty germ infested bathroom with her baby. yes, that picture is an extreme version of breastfeeding in public but the fact of the matter is it is in no way sexual. if you don't like looking at a woman feeding her baby than look away.
No No wrote:
But what you fail to realize is that it's more the just about what YOU think. No one cares what YOU think. It's what everyone in society thinks. One person might not care if I were to shave my armpits in a public place but most would see this as a problem.
help me out here: is the purpose of messagebored dialogue not to post what we think? have you been posting what other people think?
i don't think that i fail to realize anything, but thanks for the concern.
ajs wrote:
my point is, breastfeeding is hard work
Don't care in the slightest. You are not required to breastfeed.
and our society should applaud women who choose to do it, rather than criticize them for not being discreet enough.
"Applaud" them? Why on earth should anybody applaud them. Why should I give a damn that you feel the need to use your breasts instead of a bottle to feed your child?
THEY should either be discreet enough or not do it. Sorry if that means they have to walk to the bathroom or something but compared to all that other hard work
if a breastfeeding mom has the time and energy to go out and meet friends for lunch, she should not have to rush to the bathroom and sit in a dirty germ infested bathroom with her baby.
Yes she should. If she has the time and energy to go out with friends for lunch she has the time and energy to walk over to the damn bathroom.
Nobody ever said she had to breastfeed the kid every time. He's not going to die if he gets a bottle once in a while.
if you don't like looking at a woman feeding her baby than look away.
Fine. Excuse me while I whip out my schlong. If you don't want your baby girl looking at it, tell her to look away
saursoor wrote:
i don't care about the breastfeeding. i do find the 'controversy' surrounding it here endlessly fascinating, however. see the difference?
No. Because I dont think there is one. See how that works?