DISCLAIMER: my response below sounds rude and almost like a personal attack. i do not MEAN it as such, so please don't take it that way: I am merely stating my reaction to having read this post.
With all due respect-
How can something so natural and beautiful a thing as a mother feeding her child be seen as something ... disgusting?!?! Is it not in fact the epitome of true Innocence?
It's one thing to feel "uncomfortable" in the sense that you feel it's maybe something that should be patently private, e.g., between mother and child only in the privacy of their own home.
But to feel that it's DISGUSTING?! That is a VERY different thing indeed.
Hm. All joking about breasts aside (geez guys), come on -- that's got to be one of nature's most preciously beautiful things, a mother feeding her baby -- with humans, cows, and just about every other mammal.
Either you're so conservative you live in a Catholic church, or you have become so desensitized by our modern world that you can no longer even recognize some of the inherent beauty provided by the natural world we call Life.
Moreover: as the age-old question continues to be asked, why are you (probably) ok with watching a bloody, violent movie or seeing a violent car accident on the side of the freeway? Why are you (probably) ok with television programs full of sexual innuendo and in some instances graphic detail or reference?
I'm not saying I don't enjoy great action films. I'm not saying I never watch porn or love my photos of Adriana Lima.
But I'm sure as hell not going to enjoy so much of those things that I cannot appreciate what is arguably the most innocent act between two living beings one will ever find on this planet.
Again, my apology if this came off as a personal attack: it was not meant as such, but merely my spontaneous reaction to this thread.
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As some have mentioned, the fact that it took you quite a while to figure out what she was doing is the best indication that she was being quite discreet. I don't see a problem.
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-- good point! Also,
i can't stand when people blow their nose at the table. Before you can retaliate with "but it's a thing of nature too!" -- come on. I think there's a very different thing indeed between the beauty of a mother feeding her child and someone blowing nasal mucous -- and hearing it! -- while people are trying to eat: it is not discreet; it is by definition an unclean act (nasal mucous traps bacteria and other impurities and it is the act of discharging that mucous that is being performed); it is loud and at times startling if unexpected; it is (usually) an auditory disruption; shall I go on? And same for sounds protruding from other bodily orifices while at the table. But BREASTFEEDING?!?!?!?!
