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   aol.com to Jim Davis   
   Re: Can't fit in one airline seat? You m   
   25 Nov 08 21:31:53   
   
   XPost: soc.support.fat-acceptance, rec.travel.air, rec.aviation.piloting   
   From: @   
      
   "Jim Davis"  wrote in message   
   news:iJCdnVfXA6181rHUnZ2dnUVZ_rfinZ2d@supernews.com...   
   >   
   > "Mike"  wrote in message   
   > news:twXWk.925$QX3.905@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...   
   >> "Robin King"  wrote in message   
   >   
   >>>    People have been trying all kinds of unhealthy things to lose   
   >>> weight, because the weight doesn't necessarily come flying off when   
   >>> they merely engage in healthy activities and healthy eating.  For   
   >>> societal purposes, it doesn't matter if you live a healthy lifestyle -   
   >>> you still get treated better if you're thinner, regardless of   
   >>> lifestyle.   
   >>   
   >> Boofreakinhoo.   
   >>   
   >> Life isn't fair.  Not everyone is born with the genetics to make them   
   >> super intelligent, attractive, thin, and athletic, but that doesn't mean   
   >> you shouldn't play the cards you are dealt.  Even if your hereditary   
   >> argument held any water whatsoever, that doesn't mean fat people can't   
   >> overcome their circumstances.  Whether they do are don't is certainly   
   >> their choice, but arguing that fat people are entitled to extra   
   >> privileges due to their self imposed problems   
   >   
   > They're not always self imposed problems.  There are lots of skinny people   
   > who have tried all their lives to gain a few pounds, and failed.   
   >   
   >>makes as much sense as arguing that stupid people are entitled to extra   
   >>privileges if they choose to remain uneducated or if ugly people don't   
   >>want to take a bath.   
   >   
   > What does "ugly" have to do with bathing?  You've just entered yourself in   
   > your "Stupid" classification.   
      
   Wow, Jim, you bring up some irrelevant nonsense about skinny people, and you   
   have the nerve to question anyone else's analogies?   
      
   I'm quite glad you put me in your stupid column.  I'd be worried if you   
   hadn't.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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