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ORIGINAL: BBBTBW

I have no problem with anyone breastfeeding their children in public. It is a normal, natural thing.

So is taking a dump but I wouldn't want to see that being done in public.  If you're breastfeeding use a pump, fill a bottle & take it w/you.  The baby's still getting its nutrients just thru a different nipple.

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And Heather? Please show me where my posts were "ridiculous, insulting, impassioned" I felt that my views were as reasonable and well-articulated as anyone else's

Certainly. 

However, please keep in mind that you asked me to point them out to you, so don't be complaining about it now that I have.

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Having breast fed three children, I can tell you that a mother knows about when her child will be hungry, and it is possible to take steps to avoid breast feeding in improper places.

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Re-schedule.

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I breastfed my daughter in the park, on the bus and in many public places. This was 26 years ago. I discretely covered her and myself up with a blanket and she ate to her hearts content. I have no problem with anyone breastfeeding their children in public. It is a normal, natural thing. Sure show a little decorum about yourself and put a lite blanket over you and your child but those of you that are offended...get over yourselves.

So did you breast feed your child in church?

Your choice (and like it or not, breastfeeding IS a choice) to breastfeed your child DOES NOT supercede someone else's right in public places.

By the way, some people breast feed their children way into and past toddlerhood. If she was breast feeding a five year old, would you have the same opinion?

Explain to me why people who don't want to see it need to get over themselves? Being nude is also quite natural, yet, no one seems to dispute that one shouldn't be nude anywhere they want.

The idea that being a mother who breast feeds her child somehow supercedes someone else's right to not be subjected to it is ridiculous. Being a mother is not some great achievment, nearly any female can do it.

Yes, I have a child (grown now). I was a single mother to boot, whose family had all perished or did not live nearby during my son's childhood, so I know all about childcare issues.

Just because you have a child doesn't give you (or me) the right to force other people to accept whatever you want to do. Typically the same people who are so "I will breastfeed where ever and when ever I choose," are the same people who will take a condescending attitude towards those who don't breastfeed, with complete disregard as to the possibilities that breastfeeding may have not been an option for them.

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When you get a subpoena to go to court, you go.  I doubt a court is going to reschedule a trial in which the mother is a witness because her baby is sick.  Nor does the witness have any control over when her testimony is scheduled, or how long the proceeding goes.  You go, and deal with it as best you can, or you risk not going and getting found in contempt.  Rock and a hard place, indeed.

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But there are ways to mitigate that as I discussed above. And honestly, if your baby has an earache, don't take him/her out anywhere, he's already miserable enough as it is. Re-schedule.

But especially as a witness with child care issues, it isn't far fetched to speak to the party you are testifying for and find out if you can sit outside with your child so you can comfort them, considering they are sick.

For that matter, she would have had to have spoken with that party and their attorney prior to the calendar call. So here, the attorney had a major fail by not taking care of this issue.

While I get you are pro breast feed and want courts to do more for parents with child care issues, you KNOW that your points here are full of holes. I really believe you are a much better attorney than that.

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In this debate the two sides can be easily distinguished. Those supporting a mother's right to breastfeed undisturbed have made sensible, reasoned posts. Those who oppose, on the other hand have made ridiculous, insulting, impassioned and to be honest, occasionally asinine (Hi VP) posts.

I wonder why that might be.

I agree 100% with IASS here, the court serves the people, not the other way around. It is a court of law for God's sake, a place where the public's business is carried out, not some sacred temple.

Also, for those demanding decorum and respect, please keep in mind that many churches have depictions of the Madonna nursing the baby Jesus. I figure if its OK in a church, its OK pretty much anywhere.

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And Heather? Please show me where my posts were "ridiculous, insulting, impassioned" I felt that my views were as reasonable and well-articulated as anyone else's

Certainly. 

However, please keep in mind that you asked me to point them out to you, so don't be complaining about it now that I have.

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Having breast fed three children, I can tell you that a mother knows about when her child will be hungry, and it is possible to take steps to avoid breast feeding in improper places.

The idea that there are places where it is improper to do so is ridiculous.

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Re-schedule.

As others have pointed out, courts don't just put cases off because your kid isn't feeling his best, the idea that they would readily reschedule the proceedings over an earache is ridiculous.

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ORIGINAL: xxblushesxx

It. Does. Not. Offend. I've breastfed three children. Three. I think that at least gives me some credibility in what can be done to mitigate the need to breast feed in the middle of a court case.
And Heather? Please show me where my posts were "ridiculous, insulting, impassioned"  I felt that my views were as reasonable and well-articulated as anyone else's.

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The question, specifically, was is it inappropriate to breast feed, and by implication, engage in certain behaviors in a court room.

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It. Does. Not. Offend. I've breastfed three children. Three. I think that at least gives me some credibility in what can be done to mitigate the need to breast feed in the middle of a court case.
And Heather? Please show me where my posts were "ridiculous, insulting, impassioned"  I felt that my views were as reasonable and well-articulated as anyone else's.

My post was about those that are. It was a FR deliberately.

I will probably always find it difficult to understand why breastfeeding ever causes a problem....Possibly that's a culteral thing, in the UK it's like blowing your nose. Really of no note.

agirl

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And Heather? Please show me where my posts were "ridiculous, insulting, impassioned" I felt that my views were as reasonable and well-articulated as anyone else's

Certainly. 

However, please keep in mind that you asked me to point them out to you, so don't be complaining about it now that I have.

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Having breast fed three children, I can tell you that a mother knows about when her child will be hungry, and it is possible to take steps to avoid breast feeding in improper places.

The idea that there are places where it is improper to do so is ridiculous.

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Re-schedule.

As others have pointed out, courts don't just put cases off because your kid isn't feeling his best, the idea that they would readily reschedule the proceedings over an earache is ridiculous.

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At what point will you realize that will never win you an argument or garner you respect as someone who can adequately and intelligently get her point across?

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At what point will you realize that will never win you an argument or garner you respect as someone who can adequately and intelligently get her point across?

I agree with her, so she won the argument. I do not agree with you, so you lost the argument.

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Although in a court of law is one of the only ones I can think of.

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In this debate the two sides can be easily distinguished. Those supporting a mother's right to breastfeed undisturbed have made sensible, reasoned posts. Those who oppose, on the other hand have made ridiculous, insulting, impassioned and to be honest, occasionally asinine (Hi VP) posts.

I wonder why that might be.

I agree 100% with IASS here, the court serves the people, not the other way around. It is a court of law for God's sake, a place where the public's business is carried out, not some sacred temple.

Also, for those demanding decorum and respect, please keep in mind that many churches have depictions of the Madonna nursing the baby Jesus. I figure if its OK in a church, its OK pretty much anywhere.

Go figure, people who disagree with you are "ridiculous, insulting or asinine." At what point will you realize that will never win you an argument or garner you respect as someone who can adequately and intelligently get her point across?

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When it is considered that the people who disagree with you (and me) are also those who do not see a court room as somewhere that behavior/activities should be respectful, is it really a surprise?

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I wish you would point out what about anything she wrote was insulting or ridiculous.

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She stated her opinion. It is different from yours. If that insults you, then you need to....here it comes....grow the fuck up.

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I may have missed something, so will ask...... is it illegal or against some state rule to breastfeed in the place she did? Did she break a law of some kind?

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It. Does. Not. Offend. I've breastfed three children. Three. I think that at least gives me some credibility in what can be done to mitigate the need to breast feed in the middle of a court case.
And Heather? Please show me where my posts were "ridiculous, insulting, impassioned"  I felt that my views were as reasonable and well-articulated as anyone else's.

My post was about those that are. It was a FR deliberately.

I will probably always find it difficult to understand why breastfeeding ever causes a problem....Possibly that's a culteral thing, in the UK it's like blowing your nose. Really of no note.

agirl

Very few said they were offended by breastfeeding. The offense was over the location.

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Neither is it about "WILLFULLY" breastfeeding, although the reality is that it is a CHOICE to breast feed. Would you support a law that ORDERS women to breast feed, or how long to breastfeed?