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Article #385Re: Breastfeeding a felony?!
From: Matthew T. Russotto
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 1996 00:00
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In article <53aupt$1h4@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>, Paul S Galvanek <psg+@pitt.edu> wrote: }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."
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f6cc7,28b933f4e9fe25a7 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6cc7,public X-Google-Thread: 1141a2,c2fbda3045e80de2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1141a2,public X-Google-Thread: f4d80,c2fbda3045e80de2 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4d80,public X-Google-Thread: 1038e3,c2fbda3045e80de2 X-Google-Attributes: gid1038e3,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,c2fbda3045e80de2 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public From: russotto@wanda.vf.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto) Subject: Re: Breastfeeding a felony?! Date: 1996/10/07 Message-ID: <53b1r8$7jf@wanda.vf.pond.com> X-Deja-AN: 187317852 references: <52qv1v$8te@ssnet.com> <53575v$5e@sjx-ixn3.ix.netcom.com> <538s6t$mn9@hpax.cup.hp.com> <53aupt$1h4@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> organization: Ghotinet newsgroups: pa.general,misc.legal,dc.general,alt.law-enforcement,alt.politics