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So when I'm eating on a plane, I should cover myself and my food with a blanket ... so that the guy behind me and his "plugged up green one" doesn't spray me?
I don't know, should you?
I've seen plenty of people wearing masks on air planes, obviously they are concerned about something, do you think they should not wear them because there is no law that says they have to?
If you were on a plane and the person next to you was coughing and coughed in your direction, just as your food was uncovered and ready to eat, you wouldn't think twice about eating that food? I would consider that stupid, how about you?
Sure enough though, take the woman feeding her baby on a plane. I guess if someone was coughing close by, then by golly she could ignore it because covering is such a bad thing to do and simply let her baby pay for her stupidity, yeah that ought to be real nice. Then she could add to the stupidity and not figure out that she could use something other than a blanket too.
Or maybe she could risk making the cougher mad and ask them to cover their mouth properly, wait, that would mean asking someone to do something voluntarily even though there is no law that says one must cover their mouth when coughing. Oh darn, that double standard keeps getting in the way.
Anyone can argue that coughing has the potential to cause others to get sick. Maybe baby has an illness, ever see a baby spurt mom's milk when unlatching from her nipple because baby got startled? Who knows,, maybe a jolt of turbulence would do it. If you haven't seen such a thing, you haven't been around very many breast feeding moms.
The point is that the FA was a clown for acting the way he did. So what? He or the airline apologized, end of story. Being asked to cover up though shouldn't bother anyone, it ain't like someone is holding a gun to their head to make them do it.
When someone asks a nursing mother to "cover up" what they are really saying is that what she is doing(feeding her child from her breast, the way that nature intended) is wrong, dirty, shameful, etc. It is offensive to a woman who is just trying to feed her child in a healthy and normal way. People should think before the tell a stranger to "cover it up".
The stewardess is not just any people. Being an airlines steward/stewardess must be a tough job... trying to keep everyone comfortable and happy in such confined quarters in a society with so many conflicting values... and then having to make the call on sensitive issues. And with 53 pages of comments, this is a sensitive issue. A polite society considers others ahead of themselves.
So your entire diatribe on this thread really has nothing to do with breastfeeding uncovered but rather is a vent on people (well, women anyway) who get offended at something you might choose to say to them or ask of them.
Got it. Guessing there is a back story here.
Actually the thread is about people who simply can't stand that someone would dare ask anything of them, no matter what it was and feigning being offended as a way to silence others. Got that too? Sometimes there are two backsides on one side of the story and they want to control everything and anyone around to the point of silence.
The stewardess is not just any people. Being an airlines steward/stewardess must be a tough job... trying to keep everyone comfortable and happy in such confined quarters in a society with so many conflicting values... and then having to make the call on sensitive issues. And with 53 pages of comments, this is a sensitive issue. A polite society considers others ahead of themselves.
According to the article, passengers didn't even know the woman was breastfeeding her child until the flight attendant loudly made the comment to the woman's husband. A polite society should accept the fact that babies need to eat and mothers need to feed them and to look the other way if the sight of it offends them.
Actually the thread is about people who simply can't stand that someone would dare ask anything of them, no matter what it was and feigning being offended as a way to silence others. Got that too? Sometimes there are two backsides on one side of the story and they want to control everything and anyone around to the point of silence.
Not really. The thread is about a woman being told by an airline attendant to "cover up" as she nurses her baby on a plane wearing a nursing tank. The offense that she took to that request was not feigned. It was real. Being told to cover up when all you are doing is (discreetly) feeding your baby is cause for taking offense. Maybe some people will realize that they can look away rather then trying to control a mother feeding her baby because it makes them uncomfortable. Babies need to eat.
Not really. The thread is about a woman being told by an airline attendant to "cover up" as she nurses her baby on a plane wearing a nursing tank. The offense that she took to that request was not feigned. It was real. Being told to cover up when all you are doing is (discreetly) feeding your baby is cause for taking offense. Maybe some people will realize that they can look away rather then trying to control a mother feeding her baby because it makes them uncomfortable. Babies need to eat.
Who controlled anyone? Who required and forced anyone to do anything? Did the mother cover? So the woman got offended, get over it, isnt that what you say others should do? It is only your way?
So someone makes request. What part of request is so hard to understand? Talk about people getting their panties in a bunch. What is next, crying and emotional trauma? Are people really that sensitive that a mere request invokes offense? Stay home then the world is full of human beings asking all sorts of questions and you might not like some of those questions. By all means, save everyone else the trouble of your easily offended egos and humility that causes you so much angst. Closet the baby because one day when it grows up a little, some other kid might ask them something, what will they do, get offended like their mom? Then run around saying no one ought to be able to ask them anything? Great.
Not really. The thread is about a woman being told by an airline attendant to "cover up" as she nurses her baby on a plane wearing a nursing tank. The offense that she took to that request was not feigned. It was real. Being told to cover up when all you are doing is (discreetly) feeding your baby is cause for taking offense. Maybe some people will realize that they can look away rather then trying to control a mother feeding her baby because it makes them uncomfortable. Babies need to eat.
And if in a public place, such as a restaurant, they can do that in the bathroom, in a stall. There is no reason for them to do it out in the open at their table. That is called simply having manners.
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Then she could add to the stupidity and not figure out that she could use something other than a blanket too. 
