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Charity Pitcher-Cooper <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 12 May 2002 18:24:13 -0400
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I hate hearing about people like
> the guy on Fox saying "well, if we let women breastfeed anywhere they
want,
> some of them will want to go topless."

This is as slippery slope fallacy, a very well studied way to disrupt a
good argument.  It simply does not have merit.  I have always found that
the best way to disarm this kind of counter is to simply point out that it
is a "slippery slope" technique and move on.  If you follow the discussion
down the slope, one dilutes the point of the argument.  Then it becomes
about how much "skin" is appropriate in public (which is where we are going
here), not a woman's right to breastfeed or pump at work.  It is very hard
to climb back up after you sink to your opponent's level.

Charity M. Pitcher-Cooper

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