Another difference

RE: My post "The difference," and the criticism thereof.

I spoke of nursing babies in public, and was taken to task by someone who doesn't seem to know the difference between "can" and "should." Nobody would restrict a woman's right to breast-feed. She "can" do so with impunity, but to do so in public, "should" only be in an emergency.

When a woman undertakes to nurse a baby, she has created a whole new set of behaviors. Nursing is a special intimate bond which is best fulfilled in a private setting. Responsibility dictates that every effort "should" be made to honor that privacy, and visiting must be limited to times between feedings. After all, nursing is not a life-long activity, and isn't the baby deserving of that short period of consideration?