I'm about to give up on this thread. Your post at least is civil, but some of the other posts are just ... disturbed.
Nobody is advocating "bare breasts and partially disrobed women," for pete's sake. (No one, that is, except for women who dress like Britney Spears, and for men who enjoy that.)
It is absolutely not necessary to either "disrobe" or expose "bare breasts" when nursing a child.
I never did either one while nursing my children; and I have never seen another woman in this country do it either.
Some people are just upset at the sight of a nursing mother, no matter how discreet she is. It is they who have a problem, not the mother.
For what it's worth, I'm with you and the others on this thread who see no problem whatsoever with a mom breast-feeding her kid.
Clue:
Kid... SMALL kid... hungry... fussy... needs food... needs nutrition... needs maternal comfort... there's ONE best place to get the entire from.
The finest nutrition on the planet. What breasts were made for.
And you have a zillion people who have no problem with Britney Spears or the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, but if a child needs feeding, they go nutso.
Sheesh.
If it were truly discreet, who would notice to complain?
I'm not upset by nursing mothers, I'm bothered by nursing mothers who make a spectacle of it in public places. While some may manage to do it as discreetly as you describe, the ones I've seen have not been nearly as MODEST. I don't want to have to feel like I'm intruding on an intimate moment, or look away from flopping white flesh. We are not "pack mammals" (good lord!), nor are we living in a 3rd world hell hole, where all manner of human familiarity is the norm. Other than war refugees, or people fleeing hurricanes, most mothers can manage to schedule feedings so doing so in confined public places is not necessary.
It's one thing for mothers to feel "natural" breast feeding in public; it's another thing to have the maturity to realize that others may be less comfortable with it.