Outlaw discrimination against fat people

People who don't fit in one seat should definitely have to pay more. Annoys me no end when I can't sit down on the bus because some fatty is taking up two seats but only paid for one bus ticket.

I think we need to make more of an effort to tackle increasing obesity instead of 'fat phobia' to be honest.

Just thank god you've never been in their position. Being fat is hell - nobody would choose it. Those in that position almost invariably feel like they are trapped in an unbreakable cycle. I have been there, and I have lost weight, and I can tell you laziness doesn't come into it - it is far harder to change the habits of a lifetime than it is to have always been active. And that's without those who are ill.

Making a fat person pay double on a bus will not get you a seat, so what is it supposed to achieve? Humiliation? Stopping fat people using public transport?

I fully agree the best way to tackle the problem is to tackle obesity. Particularly improving compulsory PE in schools.

I find it abhorrent that we currently allow "fatism/fatophobia" - or discrimination against overweight people - to go unpunished in our society.

How is it fair that many overweight people can be sacked from their jobs, refused service, made to order extra airline seats etc. for the way they look?

Overweight people contribute so much in tax to this country through their buying power and sustain the big snack brands.

We need to outlaw fatophobic discrimination and incitement of hatred towards fat people - just as we do with race, religion, etc.

No it isnt. It is established medical fact.

well it has happened. you may think that's impossible but that's your opinion. I don't really have to prove anything, especially as I don't want to give much in terms of medical history.

I've heard all this before from previous GPs and repeating years worth of explanations is a waste of my time.

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You should be studied for your superhuman powers, we could eradicate starvation in 3rd world countries if we just knew your secret

That is a lie.

Being fat in most cases is a life style choice, how is it fair for people to be insulted for being shorted, yet it's taboo or harsh to call someone fat, fat people can change their weight, people can't change their height, so buckle up fat ****s, do something about it.

If you're a smoker, or an alcohol, or drug user, it's socially acceptable to look down on you for your unhealthy lifestyle choices, burden on the public health service, etc.

But being fat should be immune to criticism? Why the hell shouldn't someone who takes up two seats on a bus be made to pay for two seats? Or someone who is too physically unfit to do a certain job to required standards be fired? Ridiculous

As an employer, why would you hire someone who shows absolutely no self discipline by letting themselves get fat?

I can tolerate gays, minorities, disabilities, or mental illness. I can not tolerate fat. Would you like to know why? Because nobody ever won any cool points by standing up for ugly. That is the hypocritical truth of why fat people are openly discriminated.

Edit: I'm not talking about extra seats. If you use two seats you should buy two seats. I'm just talking about the way people treat the obese in general.

All other means of transport are more expensive, and it's a reasonable assumption that the morbidly obese can't suddenly start walking long distances without medical issues. Humiliating somebody off public transport and potentially significantly worsening their quality of life so a perfectly healthy young person can have a seat is not something I can spare sympathy for.

I understand all of what you've said and I think it's abhorrent that people find obesity is something that's acceptable to mock. But I have to disagree with you on the extra ticket thing. It's not supposed to achieve anything in terms of deterrence. It's just practicality: you take up two seats, you pay for those two seats. If I sit on a train with my suitcase on the seat next to me, people who want to sit there have every right to ask me to move it or buy an extra ticket. If you have such large body mass that you take up two seats, so that I can't physically sit in the one next to you, then why should I have to accept it and think, "well, she's overweight so that's okay."

If it's just a short bus journey then chances are I'll find another seat or happily stand, but if we're talking about a long coach journey or flight, then why should I just have to put up with the fact that you encroach on the space that I paid to sit in? Because it hurts your feelings?

I do actually think attitudes towards fat people need to change. So often on TSR (which is supposedly filled with enlightened youths) I see posters attacking other people for being overweight. People's size is not anyone else's business, fat people are only hurting themselves and I think the hatred is totally unwarranted.