Smell the Onion

For those of you who read the article, I wanted
to first clarify a few things.  First, the nurse in wasn’t scheduled *just*
because Barbara Walters said she was uncomfortable seeing someone nurse in
public, but because of a consistent display of ignorance re: breastfeeding by
several of the hosts of the show.

I really could go on and on about the idiocy displayed in the article I linked
to, but I don’t want to be too long winded.  I just want to address two
things the man said.

One:  Let’s talk about our “enlightened” society for a
minute.  It baffles me that in a society that is obsessed with pushing the
envelope as far as possible with regards to blatant (and airbrushed) sexuality;
in a country where we have restaurants, magazines, and stores dedicated to
boobs, that we are so hung up when it comes to women using their breasts for
*gasp* breastfeeding.

And what is with this constant comparison of breastfeeding to peeing (or vomiting). 
Seriously.  Peeing?  You think urinating in public is tantamount to
feeding my child in the way God (or Nature, if you want) intended me to? 
Sure, I’ll grant you that peeing in a glass jar in the middle of a mall (or
ball game, or library, or church service) is not appropriate.  But it is
peeing.  Breastfeeding is feeding.  (And, if you’re the baby it’s
eating).  You’re trying to tell me that because it is inappropriate for
you to pee in public, that I shouldn’t feed my child?  Let’s be reasonable here.