Wow...

[katster]

On another break, reading the editorial the local editor wrote about Southwest's new obesity policy.

Not only does it calm another worry (he mentions Delta, the airline I'm using to fly to NS and back, as one that is willing to work with its customers on the issue), but he also makes a really well stated opinion.

http://www.redding.com/columnist/tking/stories/20020623coltk029.shtml

Comments

[zorbathut.livejournal.com]

In some ways I have to disagree with him, though. You're paying for a seat. You're paying for the space. If you need more space, well, it makes sense to pay more.

You're not paying for quiet, you're not paying for peace. How do I know? It's because you're not getting it, and you're paying anyway :P

I can just see some really bad directions this could go. The thing I can obviously see next (okay, excuse a sort of obvious next step) is, say, McDonalds. But you're buying a meal! If you eat more, why should you have to pay more?

The answer's blindingly obvious. It's because you're consuming more. You're consuming more soda and more hamburger. Or, in this case, more seat space and more fuel.

I dunno. It just seems like arguing about something that's economically obvious, and trying to put it into that enormous bucket called "discrimination" that gets everyone so uptight.