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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Diversion
I found this at What Attitude Problem?
Breast Feeding
Ally over at Who Moved My Truth has a post on breast feeding, apparently prompted by a comment by Barbara Walters (one I haven't heard). In it, she is quick to point out that mothers who breast feed should show decorum when doing so in public.
I can see her point, but I fear that she has overreacted a bit. Speaking as the father of an infant, I have some familiarity with the issue. Let me address a few of Ally's comments:
I don't want to see a bare breast hanging out and a baby eating from it.
Most of the women I know who breastfeed, my wife included, show a hell of a lot more decorum than that. You're creating a straw man and doing a lot of decent women a disservice if you mean to suggest that "a bare breast hanging out and a baby eating from it" is the norm.
I remember the case where the woman was asked to breast-feed in the bathroom of a restaurant, and not at the table.
Yeah, THAT'S sanitary. Would YOU eat in their bathroom?
I don't know the situation, but if that is the restaurant's policy, either follow the rules or eat elsewhere.
You can bet your ass I would. Eat elewhere, that is. I vote with my wallet and my feet.
I put breast-feeding in the same category as public displays of affection.
Funny, they seem to be at extremely different point on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, as I recall. PDA is an optional behavior. Feeding a hungry child shouldn't have to be.
There are places where these are appropriate
Unfortunately, they can be bloody few and far between, even in places you have to go of necessity. Next time you're in a grocery store, take a look around and find the best place to breast feed. I'd like to hear it. Or maybe breastfeeding women should just stay home where they belong? Do you know how often an infant needs to eat? Ending up feeding them in public is eventually unavoidable.
Your right to feed your child does not mean you lay out a blanket in the middle of the mall and go to.
Again, that sounds like an exaggeration to me.
Motherhood does not mean you have the right to do whatever you want, and the rest of world must stand aside.
Since when is tending to your child "Doing whatever you want?" Motherhood, and fatherhood, means doing whatever it damn well takes to care for your child, and if that means you find yourself in situations where you must offend someone in order to see to that child's basic needs, so be it.
It is about respect, folks. Something that is poorly lacking the world today. And it goes both ways.
Sure, you show as much decorum and respect as you can, but in the end, it's all about the baby. Anyone who can't appreciate that is not worth my respect.
I can see her point, but I fear that she has overreacted a bit. Speaking as the father of an infant, I have some familiarity with the issue. Let me address a few of Ally's comments:
I don't want to see a bare breast hanging out and a baby eating from it.
Most of the women I know who breastfeed, my wife included, show a hell of a lot more decorum than that. You're creating a straw man and doing a lot of decent women a disservice if you mean to suggest that "a bare breast hanging out and a baby eating from it" is the norm.
I remember the case where the woman was asked to breast-feed in the bathroom of a restaurant, and not at the table.
Yeah, THAT'S sanitary. Would YOU eat in their bathroom?
I don't know the situation, but if that is the restaurant's policy, either follow the rules or eat elsewhere.
You can bet your ass I would. Eat elewhere, that is. I vote with my wallet and my feet.
I put breast-feeding in the same category as public displays of affection.
Funny, they seem to be at extremely different point on Maslow's hierarchy of needs, as I recall. PDA is an optional behavior. Feeding a hungry child shouldn't have to be.
There are places where these are appropriate
Unfortunately, they can be bloody few and far between, even in places you have to go of necessity. Next time you're in a grocery store, take a look around and find the best place to breast feed. I'd like to hear it. Or maybe breastfeeding women should just stay home where they belong? Do you know how often an infant needs to eat? Ending up feeding them in public is eventually unavoidable.
Your right to feed your child does not mean you lay out a blanket in the middle of the mall and go to.
Again, that sounds like an exaggeration to me.
Motherhood does not mean you have the right to do whatever you want, and the rest of world must stand aside.
Since when is tending to your child "Doing whatever you want?" Motherhood, and fatherhood, means doing whatever it damn well takes to care for your child, and if that means you find yourself in situations where you must offend someone in order to see to that child's basic needs, so be it.
It is about respect, folks. Something that is poorly lacking the world today. And it goes both ways.
Sure, you show as much decorum and respect as you can, but in the end, it's all about the baby. Anyone who can't appreciate that is not worth my respect.
Keep Away From Children
I suppose Blogging on th Michael Jackson case at this point would combine the worst of both jumping on a bandwagon AND brating a dead horse AND a lot of other cliche metaphors, but what the heck.
I've heard a lot of disgust over the verdict, and from a parent's point of view, I can understand it. But we must remember that this is how the judicial system is designed to work, with the burden of proof on the prosecution. If anything, people who wanted to see him convicted should be disgusted with the prosecution for failing to carry that burden. The Defense did it's job, raising a "reasonable doubt" as to the proof. What that reason was is a bit mystifying to me, but there it is.
So did he molest kids? I have my opinion on the matter, but I'm not the jury. What I do know is that now that he's been acquitted, Michael Jackson should stay as far away from children, especially underage boys, as he possibly can. It's the smart and right thing to do -- because if he didn't do anything wrong, he doesn't need to muddy the waters any. And if he DID, you know he will again, and next time he might just get caught.
And finally, he should be as far away from kids as possible because, given what he admitted he DID do, regardless of the issue of molestation, he's a bad influence on kids. Pornography? Alchohol? What self respecting parent would LET him near their kids at this point?
I know for myself, if I saw him anywhere near The Lad, I'd provide him with a free additional rearrangement of his facial features.
Update:
Kathy over at Cake Eater Chronicles agrees with me.
Update II:
Kathy's reader Russ from Winterset weighs in with the quote of the day on Jackson and his supporters:
I've heard a lot of disgust over the verdict, and from a parent's point of view, I can understand it. But we must remember that this is how the judicial system is designed to work, with the burden of proof on the prosecution. If anything, people who wanted to see him convicted should be disgusted with the prosecution for failing to carry that burden. The Defense did it's job, raising a "reasonable doubt" as to the proof. What that reason was is a bit mystifying to me, but there it is.
So did he molest kids? I have my opinion on the matter, but I'm not the jury. What I do know is that now that he's been acquitted, Michael Jackson should stay as far away from children, especially underage boys, as he possibly can. It's the smart and right thing to do -- because if he didn't do anything wrong, he doesn't need to muddy the waters any. And if he DID, you know he will again, and next time he might just get caught.
And finally, he should be as far away from kids as possible because, given what he admitted he DID do, regardless of the issue of molestation, he's a bad influence on kids. Pornography? Alchohol? What self respecting parent would LET him near their kids at this point?
I know for myself, if I saw him anywhere near The Lad, I'd provide him with a free additional rearrangement of his facial features.
Update:
Kathy over at Cake Eater Chronicles agrees with me.
Update II:
Kathy's reader Russ from Winterset weighs in with the quote of the day on Jackson and his supporters:
Somewhere, near the vicinity of the real world, there's a 35 year old virgin living in his mother's basement who watched the Jackson verdict coverage while practicing conjugating verbs in Klingon. . . . and he's disturbed by the sheer creepiness of these wackos.
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