The Conservative Zone

I found this blog entry during a random search of the Web. It's amazing what you can find out there. Screwed By Southwest.

This woman, who describes herself as a "Life-loving fat lesbian separatist feminist" has a semi-picture of her on the blog, and a 300 pound estimate would be generous.

She starts off with a mistaken premise:

Even though I’ve been some degree of fat my whole life, and certainly have gotten my share of ridicule and rejection because of it, being refused a public accommodation hasn’t been part of my experience. [emphasis mine]

Riding a metro bus or subway is a public accommodation. Flying in an commercial airliner is a service offered by a for-profit company. And on an aircraft, everything is weight. If your bags are too heavy, be prepared to pay an extra surcharge for them. If you are too heavy, be prepared to pay an extra surcharge for you.

If you want to fly, you have to go by their rules, or you don't fly. Which is why I don't fly.

Amy then spends multiple paragraphs telling you about her trials and tribulations squeezing into a single seat, the contortions to get into it, the no tray table, etc., etc., etc.

And it all comes down to personal responsibility. While some people are bigger than others (myself included), there is a difference between being big and being fat.

I am big, but I am far from being fat. I am currently 6'3 and 220 pounds, with a 44 long suit size. If *I* weighed 300 pounds, I would be fat. This lady is certainly several inches shorter than me and at least 80 pounds heavier than I am. You can see the fat rolls on her arm in the picture on her blog.

It all depends on self-discipline. It takes constant work and effort to have self-discipline, but it's worth it.

Read her rant, and make a judgement for yourself.