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Originally Posted by calgaryred
Seriously, this is really a small number of people that will take advantage of a situation like this.
Its embarrasing enough to weigh that much, then to sit in two seats. If a person is that big id rather have him or her have an extra seat for free its my comfort then thats not being compromised. Besides I fly usually twice a month unless its December I dont usually have someone sitting beside me anyways, its not that big of a deal.
Certainly not going to lose sleep over it
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No kidding. You just know a ruling like this is going to get all the PC-Conspiracy-Theorists going mental. Oh no! Someone got something I didn't get.... that can't be right! It's not fair! waaa, waaa...
Seriously, how many people will benefit from this? And of that group, how many have a medical condition. I know obese people who do their best to keep their weight down but have physiological conditions they can't overcome yet. It's difficult and embarassing for them. It sucks.
Are some obese because of their greed? Of course. This isn't a ruling to reward those people. Their ability to benefit from a ruling designed to implement substantive equality for the medically obese is unfortunate and annoying. But it's also the cost of trying to move towards a society of inclusion. And i'd say it's a pretty minor cost to endure for having a tolerant society.
I know, I know... I'm a PC whackjob.