Well I've never breast fed, don't have any kids (due 02/02/2010 before you get confused ) but guess what I probably still have quite a valid opinion - one you never ever hear.
I was BF till 3 yrs, remember it and can honestly say people in general talk out of their bums about this subject, especially when talking about child welfare.
I hate opinions based on 'my friend's aunt's dog did so it must be true' but for the record I have never had a filling in my life - my baby teeth were the best my dentist had ever seen, and my immune system is STILL amazing.
Like the mum said, you couldn't have forced me to if I hadn't wanted to - and it was always my pre-breakfast, still can't work out what all the blummin fuss is about - but that is probably because I actually understand the subject rather than making things up in my head.
It's one of the main bits of BF I'm not looking forward to - we do know a very odd lady who still BF's her 8 nearly 9 year old. It's tarnished peoples opinions of EBF - however she does many odd things and noone has condemned whole other entire concepts because of it. Almost everyone I know is very supportive of me breast feediing, but I'm dreading 6 months and if we go past a year I think I'll aim to have a copy of WHO guidelines to hand.