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I'm willing to bet Facebook doesn't directly care at all about breast feeding. I'm sure it is some advertisers who care that Facebook strictly enforce their app

I'm willing to bet Facebook doesn't directly care at all about breast feeding. I'm sure it is some advertisers who care that Facebook strictly enforce their appropriate use policies. Facebook is simply protecting their revenue stream. If the recent story about Ning shutting down adult networks was any indication, this is a common thread among ad-powered sites. It is unfortunate that this is the way the world (or mainly America) works, but the line has to be drawn somewhere. If you don't draw that line, you wind up with crime dens like Ning dealt with. Facebook, very reasonably, drew the line where the TV networks draw it. Advertisers have proven to accept that standard.

nailer 18y ago
The line is simple: Feeding a baby is allowed. Displaying breasts for another reason is not allowed.
- gaius 18y ago
  The issue is that breastfeeding has become highly politicized. For me it's very simple: could a man bottlefeed a baby in any particular situation? I think we'd all agree that a man bottlefeeding a baby in the middle of a business meeting would be highly inappropriate, yet the same man bottlefeeding the same baby sitting on a park bench would be perfectly OK. Yet to its advocates it's ALWAYS appropriate for a woman to breastfeed in ANY situation, and that of course is where the problems arise.
  - nailer 18y ago
    > Yet to its advocates it's ALWAYS appropriate for a woman to breastfeed in ANY situation, and that of course is where the problems arise. Your analogy is wrong, as it would be generally inappropriate to bring a baby to a business meeting regardless of gender. How could it be inappropriate to feed a child? What else do you expect people to do if their infant needs feeding? This isn't politics, it's logic.
    - gaius 18y ago
      it would be generally inappropriate to bring a baby to a business meeting regardless of gender Yes it would! That's precisely my point.
      - nailer 18y ago
        But bringing a baby to a business meeting has nothing to do with feeding it. If a baby was in an appropriate place for a baby to be, then of course it's OK to feed it.

nailer 18y ago

The line is simple: Feeding a baby is allowed. Displaying breasts for another reason is not allowed.

gaius 18y ago
The issue is that breastfeeding has become highly politicized. For me it's very simple: could a man bottlefeed a baby in any particular situation? I think we'd all agree that a man bottlefeeding a baby in the middle of a business meeting would be highly inappropriate, yet the same man bottlefeeding the same baby sitting on a park bench would be perfectly OK. Yet to its advocates it's ALWAYS appropriate for a woman to breastfeed in ANY situation, and that of course is where the problems arise.
- nailer 18y ago
  > Yet to its advocates it's ALWAYS appropriate for a woman to breastfeed in ANY situation, and that of course is where the problems arise. Your analogy is wrong, as it would be generally inappropriate to bring a baby to a business meeting regardless of gender. How could it be inappropriate to feed a child? What else do you expect people to do if their infant needs feeding? This isn't politics, it's logic.
  - gaius 18y ago
    it would be generally inappropriate to bring a baby to a business meeting regardless of gender Yes it would! That's precisely my point.
    - nailer 18y ago
      But bringing a baby to a business meeting has nothing to do with feeding it. If a baby was in an appropriate place for a baby to be, then of course it's OK to feed it.