would they turn away a blind person?..a person in a wheelchair....how about a person extremely tall?...
freepers seem to want to dismiss people's complaints but believe me, it'll get around to you perfect bodied freepers eventually....
lets see now, white is bad, Christian is bad, fat is bad....all bad...all can be discriminated against...
I say this as a fat person.
It’s not discrimination. It’s physics.
And yes, extremely tall/short people are routinely excluded from rides. Ditto physics (center of gravity issues).
Any ride that depends on a square function of mass to achieve ‘thrills’ will necessarily exclude people with excessive mass.
Amen, darlin’!
If i read this correctly, she didn’t say she couldn’t go on, she said she couldn’t go on because she couldn’t fit with another person and they wouldn’t let her ride alone. That’s not the Park’s fault.
A blind person can't change the fact that they're blind.
A wheelchair bound person can't change that fact.
A tall person is going to remain tall.
Weight and size limits on rides aren't personal discrimination. The limits are determined by physics and engineering. There's nothing that the perfect-bodied, fat-shamers can do about that.
You have constructed a false premise.
A person does not choose to be blind, or in a wheelchair, or extremely tall, or White. Barring some legitimate medical condition, a person chooses to remain fat.
Correct, there was no sign, therefore they were no obligated to accommodate her. At any given social interaction her girth could be an issue whether its an amusement ride, a medical procedure, a bus seat, standing on a crowded subway, whatever.
Not trying to be cruel, but this woman likely has complete control over her weight. That she chooses not to alter it does not make her a victim.
Brilliant implementation of an apples and bowling balls comparison, Cherry.
Which one of those - blindness, height, inability to walk, skin color, or religion will also cause the safety features on an amusement park ride to fail in the same manner high mass does?
Explain to us, (using physics) why that is.
You think she wouldn’t be “offended” if they put up signs at the gate and in front of the rides?
It’s not that she’s offended, it’s that she’s judged to be too big and heavy to use the rides.
And she will sue them for that just as quickly. “Get bigger and better rides!”