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As many regulations as they have, they don't have the one they need which is the one that says "you are too fat for this ride".
It's downright comical that airlines can charge the obese more or even keep them from a plane. Ambulances need to be redesigned to accommodate the morbidly obese, but a ride that goes upside down at 100 miles an hour is perfectly safe for fat asses because it would hurt their feelings to be told no.
This is just insanity.
Have you seen the double wide chairs in hospital and clinic waiting rooms and treatment rooms. Next trip to Vandy, I must remember to take a pic of one. And now they also have double wide wheelchairs. And people wonder why diabetes is rampant. Of course, the libs will never hold the one holding the fork accountable. It's ALWAYS someone else who inflicted the fat on the person and now discriminates against them for being fat.
You are right, though, it usually is a very obese person who gets thrown from the ride.
As many regulations as they have, they don't have the one they need which is the one that says "you are too fat for this ride".
It's downright comical that airlines can charge the obese more or even keep them from a plane. Ambulances need to be redesigned to accommodate the morbidly obese, but a ride that goes upside down at 100 miles an hour is perfectly safe for fat asses because it would hurt their feelings to be told no.
This is just insanity.
Have you seen the double wide chairs in hospital and clinic waiting rooms and treatment rooms. Next trip to Vandy, I must remember to take a pic of one. And now they also have double wide wheelchairs. And people wonder why diabetes is rampant. Of course, the libs will never hold the one holding the fork accountable. It's ALWAYS someone else who inflicted the fat on the person and now discriminates against them for being fat.
You are right, though, it usually is a very obese person who gets thrown from the ride.
do tell us why diabetes is rampant and how all fat people are diabetic...o wait they are not..and how all diabetics are fat people...o wait they are not...and of course those children with t1 its all their fault, right? there are not fit people with diabetes? according to your logic..which is wrong...
do enlighten us....
A Codependent Relationship: Diabetes & Obesity
According to the Center for Disease Control, we are eating ourselves into a diabetes epidemic. The International Diabetes Foundation (IDF) says that, Diabetes and obesity are the biggest public health challenge of the 21st century. The supporting statistics they cite are staggering:
As of 1999, diabetes affected 16 million (six percent) of Americans an increase of 40 percent in just ten years.
During the same period, the obesity rate climbed from 12 percent to almost 20 percent.
Last year the diabetes and obesity rates increased 6 percent and 57 percent.
Every three seconds, someone is diagnosed with diabetes.
Of the children born in 2000, one in three will eventually develop diabetes.
Although both diabetes and obesity risk factors are often associated with race, age, and family history, its becoming more and more clear that the conveniences of modern life also contribute to the development of both diseases. For example, sedentary lifestyles (reduced physical activity) and the popularity of high fat, high energy diets (think Super Size Me) and convenient foods are known to lead to obesity but do they also cause diabetes?
Is There a Link Between Obesity and Diabetes?
Of the people diagnosed with type II diabetes, about 80 to 90 percent are also diagnosed as obese. This fact provides an interesting clue to the link between diabetes and obesity. Understanding what causes the disease will hopefully allow us to prevent diabetes in the future.
Being overweight places extra stress on your body in a variety of ways, including your bodys ability to maintain proper blood glucose levels. In fact, being overweight can cause your body to become resistant to insulin. If you already have diabetes, this means you will need to take even more insulin to get sugar into your cells. And if you dont have diabetes, the prolonged effects of the insulin resistance can eventually cause you to develop the disease.
you just continue to spread ignorance
The ride operator should not have let her ride if her size was preventing the safety mechanisms from working.
That is illegal. It is discrimination. Think about it. There are no discounts given to fat people even though they might not be able to ride some of the rides in a given park, but they still have to pay the same as a thin person able to get on every ride. Small children DO get a discount because it is understood that they can't ride every ride.
It is not up to the ride operator, who is usually a kid, to make these kinds of judgment calls. There has to be an objective standard. Especially since the fatties themselves can't make that decision.
Nonsense. It is legal discrimination when there is a good reason for it. Do you think it is illegal discrimination to prohibit children from buying alcohol or firearms or driving a car? Where did you get the idea that children get a discount because they can't ride every ride?
That is illegal. It is discrimination. Think about it. There are no discounts given to fat people even though they might not be able to ride some of the rides in a given park, but they still have to pay the same as a thin person able to get on every ride. Small children DO get a discount because it is understood that they can't ride every ride.
It is not up to the ride operator, who is usually a kid, to make these kinds of judgment calls. There has to be an objective standard. Especially since the fatties themselves can't make that decision.
Nonsense. It is legal discrimination when there is a good reason for it. Do you think it is illegal discrimination to prohibit children from buying alcohol or firearms or driving a car? Where did you get the idea that children get a discount because they can't ride every ride?
Might wanna listen to your own rantings...............children get a discount PRECISELY because they can't ride every ride.
That is illegal. It is discrimination. Think about it. There are no discounts given to fat people even though they might not be able to ride some of the rides in a given park, but they still have to pay the same as a thin person able to get on every ride. Small children DO get a discount because it is understood that they can't ride every ride.
It is not up to the ride operator, who is usually a kid, to make these kinds of judgment calls. There has to be an objective standard. Especially since the fatties themselves can't make that decision.
Nonsense. It is legal discrimination when there is a good reason for it. Do you think it is illegal discrimination to prohibit children from buying alcohol or firearms or driving a car? Where did you get the idea that children get a discount because they can't ride every ride?
Ohhh well, if you think there should be an actual LAW prohibiting fat people from trying to shoehorn themselves into these rides, sure there should be. Now try to pass one.
There are two incontrovertible facts. Amusement parks like Six Flags, Disneyland, Magic Mountain ALL have ticket prices that reflect "adults" and "children" usually under 12. The larger rides have poles a stand and a sign that say "if you are not as tall as this sign, you may not ride". This might have some impact on midgets and dwarves but it hasn't really come up.
Nonsense. It is legal discrimination when there is a good reason for it. Do you think it is illegal discrimination to prohibit children from buying alcohol or firearms or driving a car? Where did you get the idea that children get a discount because they can't ride every ride?
Ohhh well, if you think there should be an actual LAW prohibiting fat people from trying to shoehorn themselves into these rides, sure there should be. Now try to pass one.
There are two incontrovertible facts. Amusement parks like Six Flags, Disneyland, Magic Mountain ALL have ticket prices that reflect "adults" and "children" usually under 12. The larger rides have poles a stand and a sign that say "if you are not as tall as this sign, you may not ride". This might have some impact on midgets and dwarves but it hasn't really come up.
You're missing the point. If someone's weight makes it unsafe for that person or others, then discriminating against them is not illegal. If I turn down a person applying for a job as a bus driver because he is blind, am I discriminating against him? Yes. Is it illegal? No.
Ohhh well, if you think there should be an actual LAW prohibiting fat people from trying to shoehorn themselves into these rides, sure there should be. Now try to pass one.
There are two incontrovertible facts. Amusement parks like Six Flags, Disneyland, Magic Mountain ALL have ticket prices that reflect "adults" and "children" usually under 12. The larger rides have poles a stand and a sign that say "if you are not as tall as this sign, you may not ride". This might have some impact on midgets and dwarves but it hasn't really come up.
You're missing the point. If someone's weight makes it unsafe for that person or others, then discriminating against them is not illegal. If I turn down a person applying for a job as a bus driver because he is blind, am I discriminating against him? Yes. Is it illegal? No.
If you think that overweight people should not have a cause of action to sue amusement parks for denying them a seat on a ride they are too fat to ride, I fully agree with you. We just don't have that today. What we have are people who have a right to complain for discrimination because an operator humiliated them in public.
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Some ride operator, usually a kid without the best judgment in the world, is supposed to know when someone is of "unique" body proportions? Or, are they just using it as an excuse to be hurtful? Whatever it is, fat riders are a deadly problem for these amusement parks and someone will have to figure it out.
You're missing the point. If someone's weight makes it unsafe for that person or others, then discriminating against them is not illegal. If I turn down a person applying for a job as a bus driver because he is blind, am I discriminating against him? Yes. Is it illegal? No.
If you think that overweight people should not have a cause of action to sue amusement parks for denying them a seat on a ride they are too fat to ride, I fully agree with you. We just don't have that today. What we have are people who have a right to complain for discrimination because an operator humiliated them in public.
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Kenlie Tiggeman, Southwest's 'Too Fat To Fly' Passenger, Sues Airline (VIDEO)
Some ride operator, usually a kid without the best judgment in the world, is supposed to know when someone is of "unique" body proportions? Or, are they just using it as an excuse to be hurtful? Whatever it is, fat riders are a deadly problem for these amusement parks and someone will have to figure it out.
Unfortunately, our justice system allows people to file lawsuits that would never win on the merits but file them anyway because they know a settlement is cheaper for the defendant than a trial. Airlines have to keep track of the weight of everything on a plane to allow it to get off the ground and since they can't weigh every passenger, they assume a maximum weight for the average person. If one passenger exceeds that weight on a full plane, then for the safety of the other passengers, they have to be allowed to prohibit that person from flying. Safety takes priority over a passengers hurt feelings.
Why don't airlines ask for passenger's weight? - USATODAY.com
I agree that a high school kid operating a ride for minimum wage is not the person who should be making that judgment call but someone has to.
Six Flags Visitor Thrown From Roller Coaster And Killed ? Consumerist
Regulations?
Texasss don't need no regulations.
I wonder if they'll expect the fed govt (taxpayers)to fix this mess too.
Man killed in roller coaster accident at Disneyland
One man was killed and at least 10 others injured after an accident at Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Cars from a train rolled back off a lift and into a safety brake. Authorities set up a triage area near the ride, located in the Frontierland section of the park. One woman was seriously injured with facial lacerations.
You're missing the point. If someone's weight makes it unsafe for that person or others, then discriminating against them is not illegal. If I turn down a person applying for a job as a bus driver because he is blind, am I discriminating against him? Yes. Is it illegal? No.
If you think that overweight people should not have a cause of action to sue amusement parks for denying them a seat on a ride they are too fat to ride, I fully agree with you. We just don't have that today. What we have are people who have a right to complain for discrimination because an operator humiliated them in public.
Woman Kicked Off Coaster Because She Is Too Fat | FOX2now.com
Kenlie Tiggeman, Southwest's 'Too Fat To Fly' Passenger, Sues Airline (VIDEO)
Some ride operator, usually a kid without the best judgment in the world, is supposed to know when someone is of "unique" body proportions? Or, are they just using it as an excuse to be hurtful? Whatever it is, fat riders are a deadly problem for these amusement parks and someone will have to figure it out.
Unfortunately, our justice system allows people to file lawsuits that would never win on the merits but file them anyway because they know a settlement is cheaper for the defendant than a trial. Airlines have to keep track of the weight of everything on a plane to allow it to get off the ground and since they can't weigh every passenger, they assume a maximum weight for the average person. If one passenger exceeds that weight on a full plane, then for the safety of the other passengers, they have to be allowed to prohibit that person from flying. Safety takes priority over a passengers hurt feelings.
Why don't airlines ask for passenger's weight? - USATODAY.com
I agree that a high school kid operating a ride for minimum wage is not the person who should be making that judgment call but someone has to.
Leave it to the left to try to make a political issue out of it. How about Wally world? Between 05 and 08 4 deaths and 19 injuries. A monorail driver was killed in 09, a Pirate was killed in 09. Eight people injured in a bus crash in 10 An electrician killed in 10 and a worker servicing a roller coaster was struck and killed. Not to mention the serial molesters that Disney employs. In 2011 a Disney employee was filmed molesting an 11 year old in an elevator on a Disney cruise line.
Nonsense. It is legal discrimination when there is a good reason for it. Do you think it is illegal discrimination to prohibit children from buying alcohol or firearms or driving a car? Where did you get the idea that children get a discount because they can't ride every ride?
Ohhh well, if you think there should be an actual LAW prohibiting fat people from trying to shoehorn themselves into these rides, sure there should be. Now try to pass one.
There are two incontrovertible facts. Amusement parks like Six Flags, Disneyland, Magic Mountain ALL have ticket prices that reflect "adults" and "children" usually under 12. The larger rides have poles a stand and a sign that say "if you are not as tall as this sign, you may not ride". This might have some impact on midgets and dwarves but it hasn't really come up.
You're missing the point. If someone's weight makes it unsafe for that person or others, then discriminating against them is not illegal. If I turn down a person applying for a job as a bus driver because he is blind, am I discriminating against him? Yes. Is it illegal? No.
Ohhh well, if you think there should be an actual LAW prohibiting fat people from trying to shoehorn themselves into these rides, sure there should be. Now try to pass one.
There are two incontrovertible facts. Amusement parks like Six Flags, Disneyland, Magic Mountain ALL have ticket prices that reflect "adults" and "children" usually under 12. The larger rides have poles a stand and a sign that say "if you are not as tall as this sign, you may not ride". This might have some impact on midgets and dwarves but it hasn't really come up.
You're missing the point. If someone's weight makes it unsafe for that person or others, then discriminating against them is not illegal. If I turn down a person applying for a job as a bus driver because he is blind, am I discriminating against him? Yes. Is it illegal? No.
You are conflating two unlike things. Try this one. A fat person walks into your restaurant, can you refuse to serve them because in your opinion they are too fat to eat your magnificent pizza.
If you think that overweight people should not have a cause of action to sue amusement parks for denying them a seat on a ride they are too fat to ride, I fully agree with you. We just don't have that today. What we have are people who have a right to complain for discrimination because an operator humiliated them in public.
Woman Kicked Off Coaster Because She Is Too Fat | FOX2now.com
Kenlie Tiggeman, Southwest's 'Too Fat To Fly' Passenger, Sues Airline (VIDEO)
Some ride operator, usually a kid without the best judgment in the world, is supposed to know when someone is of "unique" body proportions? Or, are they just using it as an excuse to be hurtful? Whatever it is, fat riders are a deadly problem for these amusement parks and someone will have to figure it out.
Unfortunately, our justice system allows people to file lawsuits that would never win on the merits but file them anyway because they know a settlement is cheaper for the defendant than a trial. Airlines have to keep track of the weight of everything on a plane to allow it to get off the ground and since they can't weigh every passenger, they assume a maximum weight for the average person. If one passenger exceeds that weight on a full plane, then for the safety of the other passengers, they have to be allowed to prohibit that person from flying. Safety takes priority over a passengers hurt feelings.
Why don't airlines ask for passenger's weight? - USATODAY.com
I agree that a high school kid operating a ride for minimum wage is not the person who should be making that judgment call but someone has to.
Weight is an issue with the airlines and has been for some time now. I'm not sure if they are currently requiring the obese to pay for two seats or not. But there was talk of that for a while. I do know that they have at least one accommodation for them as I rode next to one from Nashville to New York in 2009. She took up her whole seat and half of mine. I thought I would suffocate before we got there. The seatbelt wouldn't go around her so they gave her an extension for it.
I was so uncomfortable during that flight that I thought of asking for a portion of my money back. I couldn't move because the flight was full, but would have gladly done so.
