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Sat Aug-15-09 10:07 AM
Response to Reply #13 |
| 17. It's also permissable in Brattleboro, VT |
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or, at least it was, last time I heard...
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| -Moms Stage 'Nurse-In' At Chick-Fil-A |
The Straight Story |
Aug-15-09 12:05 AM |
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OMG...and I thought Chick-Fil-A was operated by a wingnut evangelical |
kevinbgoode |
Aug-15-09 12:09 AM |
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it is owned by a conservative Christian who closes its stores on Sunday |
grantcart |
Aug-15-09 12:14 AM |
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"The only breasts that shall be eaten here are from chickens!" |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-15-09 12:32 AM |
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right or left, always something to remember, which did i nurse from last....nt |
create.peace |
Aug-15-09 12:43 AM |
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I'm not one to judge, really, but if you're old enough to know your right from your left |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-15-09 03:01 AM |
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LOL!! |
GoCubsGo |
Aug-15-09 08:44 AM |
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Not necessarily, Warren, and it isn't your decision to make. nt |
Ilsa |
Aug-15-09 10:07 AM |
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thanks, ilsa! i was speaking from the mother's perspective, but |
create.peace |
Aug-15-09 12:24 PM |
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You'd be hard pressed to find more enthusiastic proponents of breastfeeding than our family. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-15-09 02:26 PM |
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(_)(_)........thanks! |
create.peace |
Aug-15-09 08:45 PM |
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As a father who encouraged his wife to breadstfeed if she could |
demwing |
Aug-15-09 12:35 PM |
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Thanks everyone. t depends on the mom and baby nd circumstances |
Ilsa |
Aug-15-09 04:12 PM |
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Thanks. My wife breast fed each of our boys till 2 or 3 yrs |
demwing |
Aug-15-09 09:13 PM |
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My condolences. I ache for you. I can't fathom the pain. nt |
Ilsa |
Aug-16-09 12:22 AM |
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I am so very sorry *hugs* |
GreenPartyVoter |
Aug-16-09 04:32 PM |
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I nursed my first until he was almost two |
AspenRose |
Aug-16-09 04:01 PM |
#88 |
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Settle down, Bronco. It was a joke. nt |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-15-09 02:21 PM |
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And if this were Britney, she'd be using Imitation instead of all-natural... |
Deja Q |
Aug-15-09 12:29 PM |
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At least, this was not at the Olive Garden. Thank goodness! |
Hardrada |
Aug-15-09 03:55 AM |
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If the baby needs to eat, buy it a chiken bistit. |
MineralMan |
Aug-15-09 08:24 AM |
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Duh, I say. |
Robb |
Aug-15-09 08:28 AM |
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A quick persusal of some of the asshattery around this indicates why "feed-ins" are sadly needed. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-17-09 02:01 AM |
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I support breast feeding mothers. |
aikoaiko |
Aug-15-09 08:41 AM |
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I don't see anything in the article that says |
pipi_k |
Aug-15-09 09:17 AM |
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Does the article say the mother was showing her "body parts?" |
vanlassie |
Aug-15-09 09:41 AM |
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Women who respect others don't need someone to hand them a nasty towel |
pipi_k |
Aug-15-09 10:04 AM |
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When I breastfed my sons in public, it was always done discretely and I breast fed them |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Aug-15-09 10:43 AM |
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Enlightened women do not concern themselves with the 'respect' of knuckle-dragging, gawking prudes |
Maru Kitteh |
Aug-15-09 07:55 PM |
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There you go again, bringing logic to a poutrage party |
WolverineDG |
Aug-15-09 08:22 PM |
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The only "poutrage" here is from the people who are apparently incapable of averting their gaze |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-17-09 02:05 AM |
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Whatever |
WolverineDG |
Aug-17-09 06:56 AM |
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I'm not shocked. I just think they need to grow the fuck up, already, and understand that it's not |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-17-09 01:51 PM |
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Are you in the habit of eating with a blanket over your head? |
LeftyMom |
Aug-16-09 03:03 PM |
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I think there may be a regional dynamic at work, here. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 04:36 PM |
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Apparently, asking someone to be discrete = a violation of their rights |
Rage for Order |
Aug-15-09 12:31 PM |
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Yeah, when you're talking about breastfeeding, yes. Because too many people still don't get it. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-15-09 02:34 PM |
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Then I get to shit in public, right next to you, while you eat |
Joe the Revelator |
Aug-15-09 09:26 PM |
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Thanks for illustrating my point about why we need laws protecting the right to breastfeed. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 04:59 AM |
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As if the two are equivalent. |
MineralMan |
Aug-16-09 08:12 AM |
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That's one of the most stupid comparisons I've ever seen. |
Odin2005 |
Aug-16-09 07:23 PM |
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I'm not sure if I could make a stupider comparison if I tried. And I'm very creative. |
BlooInBloo |
Aug-17-09 02:14 AM |
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Of course according to the story that isn't what went on.... |
whistler162 |
Aug-16-09 06:03 PM |
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Apparently, the restaurant worker was in the wrong. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-17-09 01:58 AM |
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AND she was not being denied that right... |
whistler162 |
Aug-17-09 06:28 AM |
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The Text of the Florida Law: |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-17-09 01:45 PM |
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You like to eat your lunch with a towel over your head? God forbid someone should have to look away. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-15-09 02:31 PM |
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Performing its natural function? |
Rage for Order |
Aug-15-09 03:59 PM |
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I love it when people compare shitting with breastfeeding. |
JeanGrey |
Aug-15-09 04:20 PM |
#49 |
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Want it or not, both are perfectly natural functions. |
LisaL |
Aug-15-09 08:25 PM |
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Eating is a natural function. People eat at the tables in restaurants. So do breastfeeding babies. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 05:13 AM |
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Babies need to eat and they need to have their diapers changed. |
LisaL |
Aug-16-09 08:57 AM |
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You clearly don't get it. I'm sorry -really sorry- you have to live in this brave new world |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 02:42 PM |
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I've yet to see anyone breasfeeding in public around here. |
LisaL |
Aug-16-09 04:11 PM |
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All the more reason it's inexplicable why you're so worked up over the "problem". |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 04:33 PM |
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WTF makes you thin I am worked over the problem? |
LisaL |
Aug-16-09 04:39 PM |
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Post #57: You compare breastfeeding in public to shitting in public. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 05:04 PM |
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Apples and oranges. There is NOTHING Offense about |
JeanGrey |
Aug-16-09 07:07 PM |
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Define "asking women to show the smallest amount of discretion", please. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-15-09 07:52 PM |
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There is no telling, honestly |
Rage for Order |
Aug-15-09 08:46 PM |
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If you're one of the people who honestly thinks comparing breastfeeding to shitting in public |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 05:01 AM |
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I personally believe these kinds of reactions come from |
JeanGrey |
Aug-16-09 07:10 PM |
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You know what I saw the other day? |
moriah |
Aug-17-09 06:18 AM |
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Who cares what misogynistic, sex-obsessed prudes think. |
Odin2005 |
Aug-16-09 07:17 PM |
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Why is it only okay for a woman to display her breasts if she is breastfeeding? |
Pool Hall Ace |
Aug-15-09 09:23 AM |
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It's legal in New York. |
MineralMan |
Aug-15-09 09:37 AM |
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It's also permissable in Brattleboro, VT |
pipi_k |
Aug-15-09 10:07 AM |
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Yes, thank goodness. A woman has the same right as a man to be topless in public places. |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Aug-15-09 10:45 AM |
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Some seem to think that we must keep it secret that we're mammals. |
TahitiNut |
Aug-15-09 10:14 AM |
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It's a common fundamentalcase thing to deny our |
MineralMan |
Aug-15-09 10:19 AM |
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and i have seen some manboobs bigger than mine! and definitely bigger than my double mastectomy |
create.peace |
Aug-15-09 12:28 PM |
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Yes, manboobs! I apologize to the original poster for veering off course |
Pool Hall Ace |
Aug-15-09 07:25 PM |
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What an ironic thing for someone with the user name "Pool Hall Ace" to post. |
Bucky |
Aug-15-09 02:49 PM |
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D'oh! I have inadvertently revealed my secret! |
Pool Hall Ace |
Aug-15-09 07:21 PM |
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Because of our stupid puritanical society |
Hippo_Tron |
Aug-15-09 07:23 PM |
#51 |
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Why is it okay |
Cairycat |
Aug-15-09 09:41 AM |
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It shouldn't have to be that way, but it is |
pipi_k |
Aug-15-09 10:16 AM |
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I agree with what you said: |
MineralMan |
Aug-15-09 10:21 AM |
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Yup. "I don't want to see that woman nursing her baby!" "Don't look". nt |
JerseygirlCT |
Aug-15-09 08:33 PM |
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You suspect? |
vanlassie |
Aug-15-09 10:33 AM |
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I should point out I struggle with this |
Robb |
Aug-15-09 10:39 AM |
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Do you have any kids? |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-15-09 02:41 PM |
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No, if they're uncomfortable, they have every right to leave |
JerseygirlCT |
Aug-15-09 08:33 PM |
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"They have just as much right to be comfortable in a public place as a nursing mom and her baby." |
eShirl |
Aug-16-09 04:07 PM |
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I can totally see that as a Chappelle skit. |
Maru Kitteh |
Aug-17-09 02:22 AM |
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Mammary Power! nt |
MrScorpio |
Aug-15-09 10:40 AM |
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Cool. The whole world should be clothing optional... nt. |
Strong Atheist |
Aug-15-09 10:41 AM |
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Good move by the Moms! |
Vidar |
Aug-15-09 11:28 AM |
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NEVER piss off Mom! |
Odin2005 |
Aug-15-09 11:39 AM |
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K&R! |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Aug-15-09 12:06 PM |
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Can I be a surrogate baby? |
Deja Q |
Aug-15-09 12:28 PM |
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You're not already? |
Bucky |
Aug-15-09 02:46 PM |
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Where is Marcy Darcy when you need her. |
npk |
Aug-15-09 02:51 PM |
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Good for them! |
JeanGrey |
Aug-15-09 04:17 PM |
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Personally I don't want more people breastfeeding in public. |
LisaL |
Aug-15-09 08:24 PM |
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Tough. It's not about what you want, it's about what is best for babies. Little babies need to eat |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 05:08 AM |
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And people should care about what you want for what reason? |
MineralMan |
Aug-16-09 08:18 AM |
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Personally I don't want prudes expressing their ignorance on the internet. |
LeftyMom |
Aug-16-09 03:05 PM |
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We we sure do not. |
LisaL |
Aug-16-09 04:03 PM |
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Expressing opinions I disagree with is just like taking a shit in public. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 04:35 PM |
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So you get to say dumb things wherever you want, and babies can't eat in public. |
LeftyMom |
Aug-16-09 05:07 PM |
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Wouldn't it make more sense for you to cover your computer |
LisaL |
Aug-16-09 05:38 PM |
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That gives me the perfect idea for a solution to this whole babies eating in public problem. |
LeftyMom |
Aug-16-09 06:25 PM |
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The day I, as a man, can walk into a rester aunt with no shirt on |
Joe the Revelator |
Aug-15-09 09:26 PM |
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It's not about women wanting to expose themselves in "rester aunts", it's about babies eating. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 05:10 AM |
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get back to us if you ever start lactating. n/t |
eShirl |
Aug-16-09 04:08 PM |
#91 |
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Is there a practical use for a Moob? |
ddeclue |
Aug-16-09 04:58 PM |
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Geez, are people that afraid of some boobies? |
Jennicut |
Aug-16-09 12:49 AM |
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At the risk of being insensitive and ignorant, why the need to breastfeed at a fast food restaurant? |
taterguy |
Aug-16-09 05:47 AM |
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Maybe she walked there? |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 02:43 PM |
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Walk in Orlando? Yeah. Right. |
taterguy |
Aug-16-09 04:10 PM |
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I think the amount of energy people are expending getting angry about the woman breastfeeding |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 04:30 PM |
#94 |
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And what does that have to do with the comment of mine that you responded to? |
taterguy |
Aug-16-09 05:03 PM |
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You're second guessing the logistics involved, which takes some energy, too. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 05:06 PM |
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So you're talking out of your ass to create a scenario that conforms with your pre-existing beliefs |
taterguy |
Aug-16-09 05:11 PM |
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No, you're bending over backwards, THEN talking out of your ass, to imagine a scenario |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 05:14 PM |
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I live on the planet where no one walks to get to places in Orlando |
taterguy |
Aug-16-09 05:23 PM |
#107 |
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It sounds like L.A., but muggier. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-17-09 01:54 AM |
#116 |
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OK, she's not walking. Why do you care if she's breastfeeding in ChickFil-A? |
Maru Kitteh |
Aug-17-09 02:37 AM |
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I didn't care until people in this thread got so righteously indignant |
taterguy |
Aug-17-09 06:31 AM |
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God that's ignorant. Now feeding a baby is like smoking? Second hand breastmilk is the second |
Maru Kitteh |
Aug-17-09 12:45 PM |
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2 activities that can be delayed 10 minutes |
taterguy |
Aug-17-09 12:47 PM |
#134 |
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So now you're in charge of how long lactating women are allowed to remain in restaurants? |
Maru Kitteh |
Aug-17-09 01:10 PM |
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How unreasonable of me to think people choosing to eat fast food shouldn't hang out too long |
taterguy |
Aug-17-09 04:46 PM |
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How could you possibly imagine that it's any of your business how long anyone wants to remain |
Maru Kitteh |
Aug-17-09 08:56 PM |
#145 |
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Babies need to be fed when they get hungry. |
LeftyMom |
Aug-16-09 03:09 PM |
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Oh, I don't know? |
Caretha |
Aug-17-09 07:27 AM |
#132 |
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Suppose a baby's hungry while the mother is driving a car . . . |
taterguy |
Aug-17-09 04:39 PM |
#142 |
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Then she should pull over someplace safe, like a Chick Fil-A and nurse there. |
Maru Kitteh |
Aug-17-09 08:42 PM |
#144 |
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It *should* come as a shock that in this era people remain hung up over this |
Echo In Light |
Aug-16-09 08:21 AM |
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Someone really needs to say this... |
madinmaryland |
Aug-16-09 09:04 AM |
#77 |
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Here you go. Woo Hoo!!! |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-16-09 02:46 PM |
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My wife has breast fed at a Chick-fil-A in NC several times this month |
Progressive_In_NC |
Aug-16-09 03:02 PM |
#81 |
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Meanwhile several rednecks gathered and screamed |
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin |
Aug-16-09 03:06 PM |
#84 |
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americans are afraid of breast |
Amaya |
Aug-16-09 03:41 PM |
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I'm sorry (actually I'm not), breast feeding is a human right. |
eShirl |
Aug-16-09 03:56 PM |
#87 |
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I think, instead of fries a a side, I'll have an extra-large |
KamaAina |
Aug-16-09 05:35 PM |
#108 |
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I don't have a problem with a woman breastfeeding... |
Writer |
Aug-17-09 02:46 AM |
#123 |
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When your turn comes ... |
moriah |
Aug-17-09 06:26 AM |
#127 |
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That's why the newer design of the human neck for 2009 comes with a swivel option. |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-17-09 01:56 PM |
#141 |
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I'm a mom of two, and I also was always squeamish about it. Hate seeing it, didn't |
TwilightGardener |
Aug-17-09 10:22 PM |
#147 |
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That is one of the most beautiful sights on Earth , A woman nursing her infant . |
UndertheOcean |
Aug-17-09 03:34 AM |
#124 |
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Of course there is the minor fact that she wasn't |
whistler162 |
Aug-17-09 06:25 AM |
#126 |
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The other patrons should eat with a towel over their heads if they were so prudish and backwards |
Maru Kitteh |
Aug-17-09 01:35 PM |
#137 |
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I would hope that the dutiful guardian of our morals who made the dicision to intervene... |
Orsino |
Aug-17-09 06:53 AM |
#130 |
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Don't want to see an infant nursing? Simple solution... |
Prophet0621 |
Aug-17-09 01:08 PM |
#135 |
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"Sir! Sir! That lady in the corner, there? She is FORCING me to watch her breastfeed!" |
Warren DeMontague |
Aug-17-09 01:54 PM |
#140 |
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Wow, I didn't expect this thread to still be going on. |
Pool Hall Ace |
Aug-17-09 10:10 PM |
#146 |
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