Yet Japan Nixes Breastfeeding Proposal

One step forward, two steps back.

While Britian may allow women to feed their babies in public (I hate that word, allow; why do I need your permission, motherfucker???)

On the other hand, a Japanese proposal to urge mothers to breast-feed their babies and sing lullabies to children was scrapped after critics warned it was too intrusive, a news report said.

The proposal, which would also have recommended parents limit their children's television viewing and promote age-appropriate morals, was to have been announced Friday by an education reform panel named by the government.

But experts and some government officials said the measure was "beyond intrusive," and interfered in people's private lives, Kyodo News agency said Thursday.

I agree to some extent, mainly the morals issue. Who's morals, the government's or the parents? So because some of the proposal is "beyond intrusive" that means the entire idea is scrapped? Why not just eliminate the part where you CAN'T FORCE MORALS ONTO PEOPLE???