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Re: Paying Extra For Being Fat Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:33:55 -0700

Ablang wrote:
> Paying Extra For Being Fat
> As summer vacations begin, some passengers on Southwest Airlines will
> be pulled aside and, because of their weight, asked to buy a second
> ticket.

Good. They're taking up twice the space.


> This controversial policy pits the commercial interests of the
> airline against the dignity of overweight fliers and raises the issue
> of whether anti-discrimination laws should be applied to obese people.

Lumbering blowpigs who take up two seats have little inherent dignity.
They should pay for the space. There is nothing unjust about this.