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You quote a statement I made in direct response to the grandparent's specific implication that the g-gparent should have consideration for what she is doing out
by lucisferre 15y ago
You quote a statement I made in direct response to the grandparent's specific implication that the g-gparent should have consideration for what she is doing out in public and instead argue about whether or not images should be allowed of Facebook. I think I made it pretty clear why she doesn't need to. Strawman?
For the record, I'm happy to let Facebook decide to do whatever they feel is in their best interest. I don't know any laws in the US that prohibit breastfeeding in public, I do however know a number of states have made it explicitly legal specifically to ensure ignorance like this doesn't get the best of people.
http://www.breastfeedinglounge.com/breast-feeding-in-public-info-on-state-laws/ http://www.breastfeedinglounge.com/breast-feeding-in-public-...
I'm also not aware of anywhere it states that it is illegal to make your breastfeeding pictures available online. It seems clear that no charges have been laid in this story. If you would like to demonstrate otherwise feel free to post reference instead of just waving your hands. Also feel free to show where it states that Facebook must be responsible for enforcing it. Sure it is possible that whether or not someone is showing a nipple changing things, but as I said that is largely an American problem. If you want to have that problem, then good for you.
In the end, this is simply about whether or not Facebook is doing what's best for their bottom line, and I'm honestly perfectly OK with that. As I stated I wasn't directly commenting on this Facebook issue in the first place, and I intend to steer clear of this (clearly male dominated) "is breastfeeding OK on the internet" debate as I can.
As far as Facebook and their bottom line goes, my gut tells me Facebook is being obtuse. No, I don't think many (if any) people will quit Facebook over having a few friends that post breastfeeding pictures (they might unfriend them at worst). I do think that some more outspoken women's rights advocates may quit Facebook, certainly they will try to raise enough of a stink and bad publicity to negatively affect Facebook. I really can't think of why Facebook wants to choose this pointless battle, but I believe it is a poor choice.