And, of course, the baby bottle in Mel B's hands, in the "In My Name" 
'raise awareness and remove world hunger' video currently being 
supported by a whole raft of charities, remains.  As does Oxfam's 
statement that the baby bottle in this video represents motherhood - a 
statement that has not been retracted whilst all the various charities 
continue to ignore demands that the bottle image be removed.

In fact, some of those very same charities, have looked on confusedly, 
asking what all the fuss is about, as have supporters of the "In My 
Name" campaign.  One such supporter responded to complaints on the 
Facebook website, that the babies who die of baby bottle use would die 
anyway, as there was no food to give them without the bottles, and it 
was naive to think that a women in an emergency could produce milk at 
all, never mind keep a baby alive, and he'd seen this with his own eyes.

Yet the baby bottle image is still there, as are the statements that it 
is doing no harm.

Morgan Gallagher

http://one-of-those-women.blogspot.com/2008/09/shame.html

 vgthorley wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 Karleen Gribble wrote:
> ".... Yes the US is an important source 
> of unsolicited donations in emergencies around the world- including via the 
> military!! this happened in Osettia but fortunately there was advanced 
> warning via the media and it was quarrantined before it could do damage but 
> there have been reports in Afghanistan of soldiers handing out formula on 
> the basis that if you have a baby you need formula."
> ~~~~~~~~
>
> Not just the US military.  A few years ago, when Australians were being evacuated from the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, the media showed pictures of our Australian Navy boys and girls bottle-feeding babies "to give the mothers a break".  The television report didn't say if the babies were already artificially fed.  It did, however, suggest that bottle-feeding the babies was good preparation for the young sailors for parenthood.
> The intimate mental association of babies with bottles has been deep-seated in our Australian culture for a hundred years, and possibly more.  Bottles continue to be on signage for parenting rooms for feeding and changing babies, except where a building has accepted the babycare symbol (and met the standards required) that is promoted by ABA.  They still appear on congratulations cards for new parents, with dolls, and to decorate other "baby" things.
> I hope those young navy personnel have since learned, before becoming parents, that women have breasts and what they are for.
> Virginia
>   

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