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To: Dayuhan who wrote (13291)	5/8/2001 11:25:26 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

The notion of banning breastfeeding in any public place seems as absurd to me as any of the "ban whatever I don't like" exercises. Anyone who is offended by a woman discreetly feeding a child can simply be told not to look. This assumes there is, or should be, some logic to what is accepted in society and what is not. IMO, there isn't. It's just a shambles of tradition, which actually works a lot of the time. For example, in most places (in the US) it's a crime for a woman to walk around with her nipples uncovered, but not for a man. It's indecent to have sexual intercourse in public (even though anybody who is offended by it can simply be told not to look), but not to kiss, even to French kiss. And on and on. Morals and standards are not based on logic. Frankly, I think it's grosser to be confronted with a man's sweaty, hairy chest than a woman nursing a baby, but nobody asked me.