[Mishmash] Can it really be?????

[Susan Flewelling]

At 06:20 PM 1/6/08, you wrote:
>i just returned from bingo.  i was offended by all the very over weight and sloppy women who were sharing my space.  every time one of them passed me they ran into me because they were taking up more than their allotted space.  i think they should be banned from public places.  they are offensive and are certainly in poor health because of their fat.  i also think they should stay 15 feet away form me as quite a few of them smell badly because it's hard to keep fat folds clean and if they stay 15' away they won't be always bumping into me with the possibility of knocking me down and harming me.
>carole


Well, Carole, being fat is another no-no in society today.  People have had to buy 2 seats on planes because they've been too fat to sit in one seat.  Here in Canada, the health care system (crumbling at best) is addressing the issue of both smokers and fat people - they are self-inflecting illnesses on them and the question coming more and more often is whether or not society should bear the burden of paying for health care for these people.

However, all these fat people are not hurting anyone but themselves - unless, of course, one of these bingo players should sit on you - the smoker who gets in my space with a cigarette in his/her hand is endangering my health as well as his own.  I made a conscious decision in my younger days not to smoke and don't want that right of choice (so long as it lasts) infringed upon by someone who could care less about his own health, let alone mine.
Susan