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To: Doe Eyes
Are you comfortable with men urinating in public as long as they show a "reasonable amount of modesty"?

Example #1: If a man urinates on the sidewalk he creates an offensive puddle of bodily effluent which people can smell, which they can step in, and which presents a potential health hazard. I'm not only not "comfortable" with it, I think it's disgusting and I will make and obejection.

(BTW, I'm not talking about a male, shielded from view, urinating at the side of the Interstate. Sometimes that's a necessity, especially but not only for children, and it doesn't present any of the problems listed in #1.)

Example #2: If a man has a urinary catheter, quite hidden from view, and urinates into a little baggie strapped to his leg--- whether at a restaurant, walking out in public, or at the family Thanksgiving dinner--- I have no problem with that at all.

Modest breast-feeding, which is the only sort which has been defended on this thread, is comparable to Example #2.

Reductio ad adsurdum: if the woman wants to take a breast out while she's walking down a city street and milk it into the gutter, OK, I object to that, too. But sheesh. That's not what we're talking about.

322 posted on 07/30/2005 4:45:43 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (M-O-T-H-E-R-S -- Mother make the very best ----)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

I don 't trust the people who are concerned about the modesty of breast feeding women.Have any of you prudes considered what it is like to be a little baby wrapped up in a blanket on a day when the temperature has hit 110 degrees?


331 posted on 07/30/2005 4:59:03 PM PDT by after dark
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Oh , and your toilet analogy does not work either.Most restrooms are crowded and dirty. It is cruel of you to expect a little baby to eat in one. Go eat in one yourself.


335 posted on 07/30/2005 5:06:36 PM PDT by after dark
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To: Mrs. Don-o
"If a man urinates on the sidewalk"

I hardly consider this a reasonable amount of modesty.

337 posted on 07/30/2005 5:10:50 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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