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Breast feeding is a natural thing and should be accepted in public by society. I think you want to re-think your logic here. There are a lot of natural acts (
by tsuraan 15y ago
Breast feeding is a natural thing and should be accepted in public by society.
I think you want to re-think your logic here. There are a lot of natural acts (e.g. defecation, sex, dying of tuberculosis) that aren't generally accepted as public acts, and that arguably shouldn't be. I don't care one way or another about public breast feeding, but your argument seems broken to me.
- k-mcgrady 15y agoYou're completely right. I worded that badly. I didn't mean that it should be accepted because it is natural. But that it is natural, not obscene or disgusting, and should be acceptable in public.
- alphakappa 15y agoIt's a hard sentence to word correctly. (For example, your new statement may be taken to imply that sex is obscene/disgusting, which many may not agree with). Your original intent is clear enough though, so it doesn't matter. While posting in places like these where sentences can be taken apart, one develops a new respect for television personalities and politicians who have to think of how every sentence can be interpreted.
- lucisferre 15y agoI second this, I think we could do with a lot less of the semantic quibbling. If the grandparent had a legitimate beef with understanding the intent he could have simply asked for clarification. Obviously the intent was understood and this was completely superfluous.
- omonra 15y agoYou realize that words like 'obscene' and 'disgusting' are judgement calls? So while you may not find it to be either, others do? I personally think that certain bodily functions are better kept private - this one included. In Asia I've frequently seen women breastfeed while covering themselves with a shawl. Why do western women insist on making it a public display?