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Obese Have Right To Two Airline Seats
The Supreme Court of Canada decided to not hear an appeal from Canadian airlines on Thursday, effectively ruling obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one. The Canadian Transportation Agency had made a decision earlier that people who are "functionally disabled by obesity" deserve to have two seats for one fare. The appeal had been launched by Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz and WestJet. Now they just have to work on more leg room for tall, fat people and complimentary pie.
You know, I never thought I would comment on an idle story but this just pisses me off. I'm 6'5", does this mean that I'm entitled to always sit in the emergency exit row where there is more leg room, or 2 seats so I can stretch out? Does this mean I'm functionally disabled by my height? Not only that, I was born with this 'affliction', and as much as people may say the are pre-disposed to obesity, If you ass is too big to fit in a single seat it is your own damned fault. I would guarantee my metabolism is slower than most (I can easily put on 10lbs of real weight in a week), which is why I eat healthy and exercise 3-4 times a week.
/flame
Don't give me this functionally disabled by obesity bullshit. Put down the god damned jelly doughnut and the cheetos and go for a walk for fucks sake.
I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
Having said that, obesity is being treated way too nicely indeed. It's some people's problem alright, but the second law of thermodynamics is the second law of thermodynamics.
If we keep tip-toeing around the question, and we're gonna be all politically correct about it, we're never gonna get anywhere.
Why is it that a homosexual who attracts the AIDS virus can get condemned in many countries, but a fat man / woman can't be chastised for not taking care of themselves?
Why can a smoker be told to quit smoking or else, while fat people get treated with velvet gloves, as we say?
Having said all that: Obesity, in some cases cannot be helped. But in other cases it can be. I would argue that the great majority of obese people I've known simply lacked the knowledge or self-discipline to do something about it.
If I see the mother of a fat kid in the UK looking at a leaf of Basil and exclaiming "But who on earth could eat that? It's GREEN!", you have the cause for the kid's obesity nailed down right there.
Eat in moderate amounts. Fresh stuff. Mostly plants. Move your ass regularly.
There.
And no, I don't particularly feel like paying through the nose for other people's problems either. Just like my mother raised me not to become a burden to others.