BILL MAHER NEW RULE *9/11 TRUTHERS SHOULD BE MEDICATED*
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qxOljd9oOzo
:rofl:
Every now and then I am reminded of how vastly different Canada and the US really are. Despite our proximity and many cultural overlaps, there are some things on which we are worlds apart. This would be one of those issues.
The insensitivity of that video shocked me. It wasn't so much the 9/11 stuff, but the whole breastfeeding rant. So, here's mine:
In Canada, no one would ever contemplate telling a woman not to feed her hungry baby, or that it's "too intimate" to be allowed in public. To say mothers who breastfeed in public are just too lazy to plan ahead is appaling. I can't imagine anyone in Canada saying something like that and getting away with it. Babies need food, and often. Breastfeeding is far healthier for mother and baby, and if at all possible should be continued exclusively for the first six months. Some mothers can express, some can't and many breastfed babies are not interested in taking a bottle anyway. In many, many cases it is not possible to "plan ahead". Should mothers then be expected to stay at home until their 6-month old is starting on other foods?
This does just fit in with a clear cultural issue of lack of support and respect for mothers and children. No, you don't deserve a prize for "doing something a dog can do", but raising children
well is one of the most important roles a person can have. Whether we're talking about forcing mothers to go back to work 6 weeks after their babies are born (here there is a government funded parental leave of up to 50 weeks at 55% minimum of your original salary, which can be split between both parents as they see fit, or even taken at the same time), or about hiring on any misanthropic, bitter, teenager-hating English major to teach high school students, there is something terribly wrong when we simply don't care enough about our children to make sure we give them the best possible start.