Breastfeeding in public places

[garbon]

I don't especially care to see it or find it sexual in any way, but there's no cause to ban it.  I almost never see it, anyway.

Is any of this serious enough to actually use to power of the state to ban it though?


Hell, I'd like to see people stop doing all of the above in public, including wearing flip-flops. But banning it? Nah.

Well it is actually now the opposite, kids. Since the creation of this histrionic thread, it is now a right in Seattle.

[Jacob]

... it is now a right in Seattle.

Good for Seattle.

[garbon]

... it is now a right in Seattle.

Good for Seattle.

I don't think so. Seems like unnecessary intrusion by the government. If a restaurant doesn't want to let women sit around with their boob out, I don't see why the gov should forbid that.

[The Brain]

Doesn't matter what Seattle does. It gave us grunge.

[crazy canuck]

... it is now a right in Seattle.

Good for Seattle.

I don't think so. Seems like unnecessary intrusion by the government. If a restaurant doesn't want to let women sit around with their boob out, I don't see why the gov should forbid that.

Just like the government should not prevent shop owners from deciding not to provide goods and services to blacks, gays and others a shop owner might choose to avoid having in their place of business.....

Or is it just ok when someone other than you is being adversely affected?

I name you Marti. 

[garbon]

Just like the government should not prevent shop owners from deciding not to provide goods and services to blacks, gays and others a shop owner might choose to avoid having in their place of business.....

Or is it just ok when someone other than you is being adversely affected?

I name you Marti. 

Yes because clearly asking a breast-feeding mother to cover up, use the restroom or step outside is the same as discrimination.

[crazy canuck]

Just like the government should not prevent shop owners from deciding not to provide goods and services to blacks, gays and others a shop owner might choose to avoid having in their place of business.....

Or is it just ok when someone other than you is being adversely affected?

I name you Marti. 

Yes because clearly asking a breast-feeding mother to cover up, use the restroom or step outside is the same as discrimination.

Because clearly asking a black person to use a different washroom or asking them to sit in a different part of the restaurant is the same as... oh wait, yes they are all forms of discrimination.  Its just that one doesnt and will never affect you so its ok.

[garbon]

Because clearly asking a black person to use a different washroom or asking them to sit in a different part of the restaurant is the same as... oh wait, yes they are all forms of discrimination.  Its just that one doesnt and will never affect you so its ok.

It isn't at all the same, even though you'd like to pretend you know all about discrimination.

Breastfeeding is an action taken and not necessarily a necessary one. In contrast, a person can't actually stop being black (see Jackson, Michael).  Asking a mother who chooses to breastfeed her baby in a restaurant to cover up or use the restroom for the duration of said activity isn't discrimination.

Personally doesn't really matter as those breastfeeding with their boob exposed doesn't really affect me (though seems a little boorish) but that's a far cry from becoming a legal right.

edit: Well I guess what I quoted you saying is all forms of discrimination but that's not at all the same as the breastfeeding issue.

[Barrister]

Because clearly asking a black person to use a different washroom or asking them to sit in a different part of the restaurant is the same as... oh wait, yes they are all forms of discrimination.  Its just that one doesnt and will never affect you so its ok.

It isn't at all the same, even though you'd like to pretend you know all about discrimination.

Breastfeeding is an action taken and not necessarily a necessary one. In contrast, a person can't actually stop being black (see Jackson, Michael).  Asking a mother who chooses to breastfeed her baby in a restaurant to cover up or use the restroom for the duration of said activity isn't discrimination.

Personally doesn't really matter as those breastfeeding with their boob exposed doesn't really affect me (though seems a little boorish) but that's a far cry from becoming a legal right.

edit: Well I guess what I quoted you saying is all forms of discrimination but that's not at all the same as the breastfeeding issue.

If you are breastfeeding your baby, breastfeeding said baby is in fact a necessary action.

[The Brain]

Maybe the Crown should come back when it's sober.

[garbon]

Maybe the Crown should come back when it's sober.

Seriously. Not really sure what that tautology has to do with anything.

[Barrister]

Maybe the Crown should come back when it's sober.

Seriously. Not really sure what that tautology has to do with anything.

You suggested that breastfeeding was not necessary.  I disagree.

[crazy canuck]

It isn't at all the same, even though you'd like to pretend you know all about discrimination.

I am not pretending.  I believe it is you who isnt entirely clear on what is and what is not discrimination.

Being married to a gay companion (or anyone) isnt a necessary action.  Staying in a hotel room with your gay companion (or anyone) isnt a necessary action.  The list goes on.  Suffice to say if human rights law protected only those engaging in a "necessary" action we could do away with a lot of legal protections a lot of people currently enjoy.

[Solmyr]

So if I'm in a restaurant and I have to pee RIGHT NOW, it's discrimination if I'm asked to use the restroom and not the restaurant floor?

[Jacob]

So if I'm in a restaurant and I have to pee RIGHT NOW, it's discrimination if I'm asked to use the restroom and not the restaurant floor?

No, but if you're in a restaurant and your child is hungry but you're told your child has to go eat in the washroom, it is.