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Save the Whales: Airline Charging Double For Obese Fliers
Southwest Airlines will start charging larger passengers for two seats on its 2,800 daily flights starting June 26.
The policy change at Southwest was prompted by studies of its service, the company says. The airline found that many large passengers did not purchase two tickets and that other customers often complained when their space was encroached upon.
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"Remember, you have a right to accessible transportation."
National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
http://www.naafa.org/documents/brochures/airtips.html
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Once again, the core axiom of liberal politics is revealed: paint yourself as the victim, draw some arbitrary line to declare yourself a "minority", then pretend that your special needs are really self-evident rights which then become the obligation of others (conveniently outside of your minority group) to meet.
Attention fat people! If you cant keep you "girth" from invading my space, BUY TWO SEATS. That's not my prejudice, that's your obesity.
Let the whining begin.
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"Remember, you have a right to accessible transportation."
National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance
http://www.naafa.org/documents/brochures/airtips.html
--
Once again, the core axiom of liberal politics is revealed: paint yourself as the victim, draw some arbitrary line to declare yourself a "minority", then pretend that your special needs are really self-evident rights which then become the obligation of others (conveniently outside of your minority group) to meet.
Attention fat people! If you cant keep you "girth" from invading my space, BUY TWO SEATS. That's not my prejudice, that's your obesity.
Let the whining begin.
For more information:
http://www.washtimes.com/business/20020619...
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Announcer: We here at Southwest Airlines care about the safety and comfort of all our passengers, which is why we have started asking our larger customers to pay for two seats. We want to make each and every Southwest flight an enjoyable one, so please remember, "If you can't squeeze two cheeks into the chair, you'll have to buy two seats to be fair"
The real issue here isn't fat people, or seating that's sufficient to help all of Southwest's passenger's avoid very real in-flight circulatory problems. The issue is Southwest's God given right to make more money and stear the debate away from more substantive issues.
In fact the real issue is the right of Southwest to withold, alter or charge extra for services rendered to their customers based on undesirable demographies and stereotypes that are vulnerable to social and political criticism. Sort of like seating all of the undesirables in the back of the bus in the 40's or making them eat in the kitchen out of the sight of more respectable and productive folks in the 50's.
Fat people certainly have no more claim to an agrieved status than any other handicapped person, racial minority, or women's group. I just wish they'd all go sit in the back of the bus or stay off the bus entirely so decent folks can travel in peace and make more money.
Like our wise leader, the honorable George Bush, said only yesterday, an American's choice of what they eat, how they spend their free time and how they conform to commercially determined standards of health provided by the insurance companies directly effects the wealth and strength of this great nation of ours. I think it's reasonable that we should consider fat people might benefit from interment in labor camps in this time of war. Like the National Socialist's wrote over the entrance to Auschwitz: "Work will set you free!" That's espcially true for all of those lazy fat people who never exercise. Subversion always begins with twinkies, idleness and bad hygine in my humble opinion. Enough of this individual freedom nonsense and more on individual responsibility I say.
Come on people ... this is not about comfort. This is about the mighty dollar.
Being a frequent business traveler, I can honestly say that obese passengers trying to squeze into a small seat are a constant irritation. I also think they should change their policies to not allow people with awful BO on the plane.