Obesity and Airline Seats

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Should obese people have to pay for two airline seats?

Poll ended at 2002-11-11 07:16pm

Yes, make fatty pay for his or her girth!
25
74%
No, how insensitive!
2
6%
I don't care.
7
21%
 
Total votes: 34

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Shinova wrote:Just a question, but do you mean fitting through the doorway, or actually unable to fit inside the interior of the plane?
Uh...um... Both. True they probably couldn't get through the door, but for shits and giggles let's say they could. They still wouldn't fit in the plane.
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The point is that if somebody takes up two seats, then they should pay for two seats. It has nothing to do with discrimination, fat acceptance, or any of that other bullshit. You pay for what you use.

If they want to pay for just one seat, they should be forced to consume just one seat. Therefore, I suggest that we use reinforced-steel compression harnesses to forcibly squeeze them into a normal-width seat so that they don't sit on the poor soul next to them.

If they asphyxiate during the trip due to the compression harness, too bad. They should have paid for two fucking seats.
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LOL! :lol:
I agree. You should pay for what you use. If you use two seats, you should pay for two seats. If you insist on paying for one, then you're going to have to fit into one.
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If you're the size of two people, you travel as such.
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