Discrimination or legitimate business justification?

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:25 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/06/26/ob ... index.html

Discuss.

hicksjd9 · Post by **hicksjd9** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:59 pm

If your ass takes up two seats, you need to pay double. End of story. I feel bad for people who are that overweight, but not when it encroaches on others. You ever sat next to a morbidly obese person on a bus?!? It sucks!

DrumAndDestroy · Post by **DrumAndDestroy** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:22 pm

i think the next obvious question is...should an anorexic pay a discount price on a seat?

Colton · Post by **Colton** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:23 pm

DrumAndDestroy wrote:i think the next obvious question is...should an anorexic pay a discount price on a seat?

I guess only if you can fit two of them in the same seat.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:26 pm

DrumAndDestroy wrote:i think the next obvious question is...should an anorexic pay a discount price on a seat?

Touche'!

Plastered Bastards · Post by **Plastered Bastards** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:16 pm

DrumAndDestroy wrote:i think the next obvious question is...should an anorexic pay a discount price on a seat?

Or if you can put them in the overhead compartment or if you can put them under the seat in front of you

slackin@dabass · Post by **slackin@dabass** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 9:13 pm

maybe some of these skinny fuckers need to spend the extra dough for first class if they don't wanna be squished into coach. or maybe the fat asses should all buy first class tickets so the plane is front heavy. is it discrimination? no. is it unfortunate that americans are lazy fat fats that take up more than there share of seating in an airplane? yea... it's pretty unfortunate. should these skinny bastards be bitching and moaning? no! you want more room? buy a first class ticket and shut your fucking mouth.

seriously. i'm about sick and tired of people bitching about dumb shit. i'm about ready for n. korea to nuke us.

zman1200 · Post by **zman1200** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:21 pm

Anybody notice doctors office chairs,they are the size of love seats.an ass every 28" is a outdated rule.

DirtySanchez · Post by **DirtySanchez** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:45 pm

slackin@dabass wrote:maybe some of these skinny fuckers need to spend the extra dough for first class if they don't wanna be squished into coach. or maybe the fat asses should all buy first class tickets so the plane is front heavy. is it discrimination? no. is it unfortunate that americans are lazy fat fats that take up more than there share of seating in an airplane? yea... it's pretty unfortunate. should these skinny bastards be bitching and moaning? no! you want more room? buy a first class ticket and shut your fucking mouth.

seriously. i'm about sick and tired of people bitching about dumb shit. i'm about ready for n. korea to nuke us.

lol

Fatties UNITE!

J Michaels · Post by **J Michaels** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:44 pm

Discrimination, as we define it in sociology, is "the denial of equal rights and opportunities to individuals or groups based on arbitrary reasons."

Race, gender, social class, sexual orientation, religion, etc. are arbitrary reasons to not allow someone to fly on a plane, join an organization, work for a company, etc.

Whether or not your ass fits into a space you are renting for a flight while not impinging on the rented space of the person next to you is NOT arbitrary. Each person has the right to the space they have paid for, no more, no less.

At 6'4". 270 lbs, I do not comfortably fit into an airplane seat, but I fit as best I can and I try to keep my legs, arms and shoulders to myself (as someone who wears a 52" coat, that's no small deal). Some people cannot do enough to stay within their space, but that doesn't give them the right to take away the space from others.

songsmith · Post by **songsmith** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:08 pm

The only place in the whole world I get claustrophobic is on an airliner. It really doesn't matter if they're skinny or fat, they're breathing up all the good air!--->JMS