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In article <53b1r8$7jf@wanda.vf.pond.com>, russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto) says:
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>In article <53aupt$1h4@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>,
>Paul S Galvanek <psg+@pitt.edu> wrote:
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>}The trick as always Ken, is to ignore the spin being put on the bill and
>}actually read it to see what it says.  You may still not like what is being
>}addressed, but the reality is that it does NOT criminalize in anyway the
>}act of breast feeding in public.  I specifically address the activities of
>}certain people who go out of their way to demonstrate breast feeding in
>}public, whether or not the other people seeing the demonstration want to see
>}it or not.
>}
>}Like the woman I saw in Schenely Park a few weeks ago, there is a segment
>}of the earth first, radical vegetarian movements, who use feeding their 
>}children as an excuse to try and force their views and behaviors on others.
>
>You seem to think that this makes the bill acceptable, but it actually
>makes it worse.  Now it's not just the exposure you're banning, but the use
>of such exposure in political demonstrations -- which goes straight to
>the heart of the First Amendment.
>
>(Force?  Were these women putting a gun to people's head and making
>them watch, the way you'd like to put a gun to their head and make
>them stop?)
>-- 
>Matthew T. Russotto                                russotto@pond.com
>"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
>of justice is no virtue." 


That's exactly what it is -- nothing more.  I would never breastfeed
in that manner myself, and I'm hardly prudish. I simply consider it
a thoughtless act, like couples or force others to watch while they
grope each other's bodies in public. There's a time, a place, and
a courteous manner for everything.-- Alleycat