Background: A mom who brought her 10-day (yes, 10-day!) old baby to a huge restaurant show in Chicago's McCormick Place was kicked out because of a "no children under 16 policy." The mom had known about the policy, but she thought the infant, whom she was breast feeding, would be okay. Of course, this was on the front page of the Tribune and has created a huge hullabaloo, particularly from lactation experts. There is a law in Illinois that women should be allowed to breast feed in places anywhere they are legally allowed to be. This woman wasn't legally allowed (for safety reasons) to be at the National Restaurant Association show with her baby so she was legally kicked out. My thought is, and the American Academy of Pediatrics agrees with me, that you shouldn't bring an newborn to a place where there are more than 62,000 people.

Anyway here's my question: Regarding that situation an attorney was quoted as saying, "In terms of legality, there's nothing unlawful about doing it (banning the baby). Obnoxious and lawful aren't the same."

Doesn't the attorney mean "obnoxious and unlawful are not the same?"

[I know; that was a long back story for such a short question.]

Yes, unless you're a GM lawyer.

Isn't "obnoxious and unlawful" the definition of attorney? Exception noted for at least one Chicago lawyer.

You've given a lot of back story, but what does the speaker mean by obnoxious in this context? Is s/he trying to say that the woman is being obnoxious, the baby is obnoxious, or what?

Chicago's McCormick Place, and the National Restaurant Association, were obnoxious not to let the woman breast feed - at least that's the way I took it. The lawyer seemed on the side of the woman, though he acknowledged that what the restaurant association did was legal. I suppose it could have meant the opposite, though. Good point, arnie!

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Exception noted for at least one Chicago lawyer

Can we make it two? My daughter is a lawyer, too. On the other hand, they both can be obnoxious at times!

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Can we make it two? My daughter is a lawyer, too.

I can excuse your husband but allowing offspring to enter the profession is child abuse.

Awww - she's definitely a keeper! And a more honest and socially conscious person you've never met.