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Breast-feeding case leads to punishment (of flight attendant)
Yahoo ^ | 11/18/06

Posted on 11/18/2006 6:22:21 AM PST by Mr. Brightside

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To: Mr. Brightside

The Flight Attendant saw her as a non-compliant passenger.
Once you utter the statement 'it's my right' to the authority figure WHO IS IN CONTROL OF THE SITUATION you are daring them to act. They almost always will.

Who 'won' in the end? Oh, that's right--darn--the flight attendant wasn't fired? BTW--male of refale flight attendant--just curious? My bet is female because most men would chose to not see this situation AT ALL regarless of how we felt about it.


You make trouble and need to go away on an aircraft, so be it. You bought the ticket and the conditions.

Breastfeeding is just wonderful. So is modesty and discretion. A blanket should have been along for the flight to provide both----it's an aircraft for @#$% sake.

What was this mother going to do if seated next to an eight year old boy who gawked at her the whole time (they have the option of moving you where they want to for no reason) or would she have been cool with that.

I love the little sit in. AGHHHHH. Why do I bet the 'lady' is NOT a GOP member.


41 posted on 11/18/2006 6:46:39 AM PST by Neo-Luddite ("Don't believe your own bulls*hit, that's the first sign you're in trouble".)
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To: ValentinesDay

BREASTS OF THE WORLD UNITE!!!!!!!


42 posted on 11/18/2006 6:47:00 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: highball

Which one are you referring to?


43 posted on 11/18/2006 6:47:53 AM PST by doberville
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To: Neo-Luddite
Why do I bet the 'lady' is NOT a GOP member.

Because, although this article doesn't mention it, her daughter's name is "River."

44 posted on 11/18/2006 6:49:13 AM PST by Tax-chick (My remark was stupid, and I'm a slave of the patriarchy. So?)
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To: ValentinesDay
Boob Bombs!

hee hee hee!

45 posted on 11/18/2006 6:49:27 AM PST by LongElegantLegs (...a urethral syringe used to treat syphilis with mercury.)
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To: LongElegantLegs

When your response to a reasonable request by an authority figure is to reject it and start ranting about some nonexistent "rights", you are looking to cause a scene. This woman got her wish.


46 posted on 11/18/2006 6:50:28 AM PST by Turbopilot (iumop ap!sdn w,I 'aw dlaH)
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To: randog
I guess I can now pat myself on the back for owning a penis?

If you penis was capable of provided precise nutrition a child needs to sustain their life as well as the necessary anti-bodies that cannot be duplicated by formula...then yes. Go ahead and pat yourself on the back. :-)
47 posted on 11/18/2006 6:50:34 AM PST by mike182d ("Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?")
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To: ValentinesDay

Good point. As I understand it, even baby bottles with milk in them are subject to confiscation under the "dangerous liquids" alert. Supposedly the person bringing it on has to drink from it, or something, to show it isn't a dangerous explosive liquid.

So...I'm thinking that breast-feeding on planes is a really good idea. As my father-in-law told me many years ago, breast milk is always the right temperature, always the right formula, the cat can't get at it, and it comes in cute containers. ;-D

And certainly it quiets the infant, which anybody on a plane must appreciate. My children weaned themselves to a cup around 9 months, but I know a lot of women who have nursed longer. No problem for me.



48 posted on 11/18/2006 6:50:56 AM PST by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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To: mike182d
Ugh...I meant "providing" not "provided."

I just woke up a half hour ago.
49 posted on 11/18/2006 6:51:02 AM PST by mike182d ("Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?")
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To: saganite

"The kid should be eating steak and potatoes (or Tofu) by now, not nursing."
__________________________________________________________

Cheaper to breast feed.


50 posted on 11/18/2006 6:51:09 AM PST by Roccus (Dealing with Politicians IS the War on Terror.)
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To: Mr. Brightside

Those kids look a little old to be breast-fed. And I can assume that any little yuppie kid named "Trey" is going to grow up to be a class-A dipstick with a bad temper and little to no impulse control.


51 posted on 11/18/2006 6:52:03 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Mr. Brightside

Oh yes, a picture of the "Lactivists" sit in, always a hoot to watch them...


52 posted on 11/18/2006 6:53:35 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: LongElegantLegs; ValentinesDay
Boob Bombs!

Maybe this shirt would have helped.


53 posted on 11/18/2006 6:54:19 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: Mr. Brightside

"That's how my wife wins all our arguments."

No man argues with breasts and wins. Of course, losing is pretty nice too.


54 posted on 11/18/2006 6:54:48 AM PST by mad puppy ( The Southern border is THE issue)
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To: ValentinesDay
"Yes...those The Milk Club is a militant agenda!!
Those broads are relentless!"

They are "Lactivists"

55 posted on 11/18/2006 6:55:47 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: Mr. Brightside
Anybody know if the flight attendant was male or female?

Probably some gay guy whose breasts don't produce, though not for want of trying.

56 posted on 11/18/2006 6:55:57 AM PST by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Turbopilot

Well, let's assume for a moment that she didn't 'rant'; Let's say she just 'replied'.
If a vegetarian flight attendant told you to stop eating that SlimJim in her presence, you'd be well within your rights to tell her no.
I wouldn't stick an airline blanket on my toddler's head either, any more than I would encourage her to eat things she finds on the floor. Gross.


57 posted on 11/18/2006 6:56:33 AM PST by LongElegantLegs (...a urethral syringe used to treat syphilis with mercury.)
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To: randog
I guess I can now pat myself on the back for owning a penis?

...only if it reaches that far....

58 posted on 11/18/2006 6:58:45 AM PST by paulat
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To: mike182d

That's OK; it's obvious that my point was beyond your comprehension.


59 posted on 11/18/2006 6:58:47 AM PST by randog (What the...?!)
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PS, my DIL flew to Korea to visit my son, after #1 grandson was born. The baby was 3 weeks old, and he cried on the plane, so she breast-fed him. Nobody on the plane complained about that, but since she is very well built, they did ask her if the baby was getting "too much" milk. ;-D

That was 12 years ago. People are different, everywhere.

60 posted on 11/18/2006 6:59:16 AM PST by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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