Private companies have to accomodate people with different issues for many reasons, often government mandated. People who are naturally thin or "normal" will always assume that larger people are so by choice. Sure one can eat less, but it doesn't make you thin overnight and it can damage the quality of your life. Yes, you may be healthier, but you may not be happier.
Just as thin people don't understand the joy of food, larger people may not understand the joy of running 26 miles. We are all different, why is one better than another?
Does it cost the average person more to have handicap parking, ramps, fewer bathroom stalls, because one has to be bigger? Yes, be pay for it somewhere. What does it cost us to have anti-discrimination policies? Should we charge handicap parkers more because their spaces are wider? Should we charge us more when they get special seats at sporting events? Do we force deaf people who choose not to restore their hearing with implants more for closed captioning? If we are a true free market economy, I say we should. Pay for what you use.
Southwest should have a couple of rows that are larger and those CoS can purchase those for a higher fee.
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