Should fat people have to buy two seats on planes/buses etc?

[Parts]

The one new smoking restriction I disagree with is the ban on smoking in bars. Nobody is in a bar to get healthier!   

Such restrictions are usually implemented to protect employees, not patrons.

If that was the case then they should have exemptions if all the employees sign a waiver.

No, because in such an instance, employees could be put under pressure from management to agree to such a waiver in order to increase business. Bar employees are rarely unionized (at least where I live), so it is likely that an employer could force an employee to compromise his/her health in order to keep his/her job. Furthermore, any newly hired employees would be forced to sign such a waiver or be excluded from possible employment.

I see your point,  but feel government is beginning to overstep itself.  In Ct you can still smoke in private clubs that have employees how about them,  In NYC they want to ban it in parks also it's getting a bit much.  This from someone who doesn't smoke or ever did on a regular basis

[Callaway]

What exactly is with this weight obsession and the bitterness some people have towards fat people when they are not he ones who need to lose it?

I agree. There is a similar argument with some people saying smokers shouldn't get free treatment for smoking related illnesses. The fact is we all do things that could be bad for our healh, even if it is just driving a scooter too fast.

I suppose in the context of this thread, it isn't so much bitterness against fat people per se, more irritation at the thought of them
encroaching upon other people's personal space, for instance, by overflowing their seat on an airplane, in a movie theater, etc.
It's the same irritation people feel if they're forced to breathe other people's smoke, IMO. Although I must admit, despite the fact that
smokers in the U.S are scarcely allowed to smoke ANYWHERE public anymore, I and many other nonsmokers still self-righteously judge them for smoking.
Meanwhile, as I nag my smoking friends to quit, I continue to eat foods that keep me fat. 

It's not just this thread soph although I like her has a tenancy to make threads along this line.  If it was only about invading peoples space that would be one thing but it's not it's the outward loathing and disgust that is expressed in the threads

I get this feeling from Soph too.  I would have thought that experience on the medicine that made her see how one could gain weight so easily would have affected her perspective, but apparently not.

[Adam]

The medicine made me gain weight because I started eating more crap - not directly

[Natalia Evans]

I wouldn't apply in bars. Period.

[Semicolon]

I wouldn't apply in bars. Period.

You have economic freedom. Some people don't.

[Adam]

Personally I'm not bothered if people smoke, and I don't go to bars or clubs. But I agree that employees would be under pressure to agree to it. Especially if they're really in need of the job. I think that's wrong

[Adam]

 

["couldbecousin"]

Easy for you lot in the UK to stay thin, with your inedible food...beans on toast with a broiled tomato...
mushrooms on toast with a broiled tomato..."bubble and squeak"... 

[Adam]

Hey shuddup yo

Fish n chips is the way to go !

(btw I agree stuff like you mentioned is horrible. Although I used to have beans on toast sometimes as a kid)

[renaeden]

Easy for you lot in the UK to stay thin, with your inedible food...beans on toast with a broiled tomato...
mushrooms on toast with a broiled tomato..."bubble and squeak"... 

We have those things here in Australia as well. I wouldn't eat any of them though...

[Adam]

btw what is broiled? I may be extremely stupid in not knowing this and I can't be arsed looking it up lol

["couldbecousin"]

btw what is broiled? I may be extremely stupid in not knowing this and I can't be arsed looking it up lol

Just cooked in the oven at a higher temperature than used for baking.

["couldbecousin"]

btw what is broiled? I may be extremely stupid in not knowing this and I can't be arsed looking it up lol

Just cooked in the oven at a higher temperature than used for baking.

Here is a more complete explanation:

http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-broil-and-bake 

[Frolic_Fun]

The one new smoking restriction I disagree with is the ban on smoking in bars. Nobody is in a bar to get healthier!   

Such restrictions are usually implemented to protect employees, not patrons.

If that was the case then they should have exemptions if all the employees sign a waiver.

No, because in such an instance, employees could be put under pressure from management to agree to such a waiver in order to increase business. Bar employees are rarely unionized (at least where I live), so it is likely that an employer could force an employee to compromise his/her health in order to keep his/her job. Furthermore, any newly hired employees would be forced to sign such a waiver or be excluded from possible employment.

A lot of pubs shut down here due to the smoking ban. Less people went and pubs didn't get extra profit from cigarette machines.

However I am glad they did enforce it, fucking hated the smoke.

[Adam]

I saw in the news today they've started seeling bras in size G

and the reason they gave was "dietary changes and changes in exercise"