Re: Airlines to charge heavier passengers to fly

I can't believe some of the derogatory things that are being said on this thread... people are ignorant, and completely insensative... you never know what someone's problem is. I had a girlfriend who got kicked off a southwest flight because she was pregnant... she had always been a very thin woman.. but hormones changed during pregnancy, and she blew up like a balloon.. and couldn't afford the second seat... and the flight attendant didn't believe she was pregnant.. I'm sure she would be thrilled at being called a cow..

Or I have another friend who had half her lung removed.. they cut her from the back of her neck, around her body to her pelvice bone... she barely lived.. but because her lymphatic system was damaged.. she got severe edema... I'm sure you would laugh at her and call her a cow too...

I'm not debating the issue of having to buy a second seat... if it's appropriate.. sure.. but you all forget that human's in general.. are much larger, and I don't just mean fatter.. than they were 50 years ago.. and yet, the airlines have added more rows.. and diminished the size of the seats so that they can make the almighty dollar. even sitting next to a thin person, is a challange seeing as though there is only ONE armrest between you... are you blaming the airlines?! you should be!

but no... folks here prefer to call an overweight person a cow... if you called a black person a nigger.. and a brain damaged person a retard,we'd be thrown off the board. But, apparantly call a large person a cow, is totally ok in our society... no wonder so many young girls turn to severe weight loss methods to be thin. they'd rather be dead than fat.. apparantly because of people like the ones who posted here.. comparing a large person to a cow... shame on all of you.. :(

Especially since this is supposed to be a healing website!! perhaps we should all work on healing our attitudes.. one of those folks you call a cow could be someone who comes to this board regularily..

I'm surpise Sara would allow that on her board... I'm soo disappointed in you all.. :( Tweet