Letters to the Editor
DurianJoe
Published Letters: 1310 Editor's Choice: 69
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It's just a tit.
[Read the article: Bill Maher: "Don't show me your tits!" ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Are we a country that is run by adults or by horny and bashful teenage boys? It's just a tit, and by a certain age, most of us have seen them in all their glory and all their mediocrity.
Doesn't it depend on what's happening with the tit? If a baby is sucking on it, it's boring. If a grown man is sucking on it, that's different. Are we so immature as to be unable to diffentiate between the two?
Bowing to reality, since tits are still tits, a woman who needs to breastfeed in public should do so discretely. The little boys who pass by may snigger, and Republicans may utter quick prayers to ward off Satan, but most of us will just pass on by. Anyone who lingers to stare should be barked at.
Turn on the TV and you see breasts galore; no nipples, but given the mammoth size of today's breasts, that barely makes a difference (or shouldn't, anyway). Since we seem to have all come to grips with images of cleavage everywhere we look, it seems to me that we should just shrug off breastfeeding in public. We have more important things to worry about. Then again, we just love to talk about them titties. Oh well.
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About what Garry Owen did.
[Read the article: Caught dirty-handed]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I also would have reported the worker who didn't wash his hands after taking a crap. I wouldn't want to buy stuff from a store when that stuff may have been handled by an employee with fecal matter on his hands. I've spent the last few weeks with a sick relative in the hospital. I'm typing on this damn website at 2:30 a.m. because I can't sleep, being sick with worry. Disease is terrible, and fecal matter can spread all sorts of germs. What a person does in their own home is their business, be we, all of us, have a collective responsibility to everyone else, and a big part of that is not endangering others needlessly. Is it too much to expect people to wash their hands after taking a shit in a public restroom?
Would I have demanded that the guy lose his job? No. That's a last resort for only the most egregious of offenses. I would have asked the boss to lecture the employee on the need for proper hygiene in the workplace. From what I can tell, Garry Owen didn't ask for the guy to be fired, so I don't agree with the criticism he's been getting here.
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People are animals.
[Read the article: Bill Maher: "Don't show me your tits!" ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Seems like too many people forget that we're animals, not sterile little Ipods with nothing but shiny parts. Life is not always tide, and it's often messy. Those of you who are protest women breastfeeding in public need to grow up. It's just a breast. If the sight disturbs you, avert your gaze. Problem solved.
Have any of the folks here who protest public breastfeeding ever spent time camping with other people, or volunteering after a natural disaster, or walking through a hospital? If not, you should try it. You'll learn very quickly that people do what they need to do, and that all the stuff you think is gross really isn't that big a deal. The sight of a stranger's naked body won't drive you insane. Cleaning shit and vomit off an injured dog won't spoil you forever. Handing a bedridden person a urinal or a bedpan and then taking it from them when they're done won't ruin the rest of your life.
There are far more important things to get worked up over than seeing a woman breastfeed in public. Get over it. Grow up.
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BBWlover/Ben Dover
[Read the article: Bill Maher: "Don't show me your tits!" ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't sweat it, pal. Any restaurant you walk into instantly ceases to be a nice place.
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AKA Smith, somebody on this board has a wide stance, no?
[Read the article: Bill Maher: "Don't show me your tits!" ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm not going to engage in a pissing match with BBWlover, formerly known as BenDover, so this will be my last word on that foul little troll. You made me laugh when you said his cover was blown, because you're exactly right. On a thread having nothing whatsoever to do with homosexuality, BBWlover tried to insult me with some homophobic trash talk. When you consider his history of woman-hating, hyper-macho letters, it all becomes pretty clear just what lies at the bottom of this little troll's problems.
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Flushing with your feet: sometimes it's the thing to do.
[Read the article: Caught dirty-handed]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I always flush toilets with my foot. The handle is at foot level, after all.
I flush urinals with my elbow. If it's a particularly skanky restroom, I'll flush it with my heel.
No apologies.
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Holy Joe will have much to atone for before the Book of Life closes.
[Read the article: Joe Lieberman and three Republicans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You'd think that Joe Lieberman would be in a thoughtful mood in the days leading up to Yom Kippur. Would God want us to deny defendant's their day in court? Would God favor endless detention without the chance to confront the evidence against one and prove one's innocence? C'mon Joe, you're a pious believer. What do you think?
If I were a believer, I'd be worried about Holy Joe's soul. He's given God plenty of damning evidence, and Holy Joe won't be able to complain when he's sent down South for a little eternal waterboarding without even the chance to prove his innocence.
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'Rico Farmer
[Read the article: Caught dirty-handed]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Piss off. Get pissed on. I don't care which one you do. Just flush the damn urinal.
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Some of you people are so full of shit,
[Read the article: Bill Maher: "Don't show me your tits!" ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm sorry, but I am in the process of watching someone die. I'm seeing piss and shit and blood and pain, and you know what, I and others are dealing with it. It's part of being a human being. If you can't deal with the sight of a woman breastfeeding, I have news for you. You are going to see much worse things in your life, so you better toughen up right now. Leave those women alone. They're not hurting you. Save it for something that really matters.