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???? Wrote:

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> Bus no, Tube yes...stooping into my space


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Oh now "tallism" what next, big feet ?


Oh I can see it now, the foot license


"Excuse me Sir this license is for a size 7 & you are quite clearly wearing a size 9 "


I'm going to be the annoying one and say this thread is probably really upsetting some people. Sorry!



I was trying to point it out with my ugly people in the hairdressers comment. This thread is a bit off IMO. Yes I know people can lose weight, but still, the first thing that popped in to my head, was certain seats for black people on buses in some places in the past.


I know it was started in a light hearted manner, but not a nice thread.


Besides, if the fat people paid double, they'd still take up the same space, so you'd still be sat next to them, the money wouldn't change that.

Has the EDF taken a big step to the right or are the Guardian/Indie readers all at work? This thread has moved me to log in for the first time in about a year. Have to say I find body fascism worrying. I know the tabloids love to fill their empty columns with it but this forum used to be relatively inclusive.

brum Wrote:

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> Crikey I can see why it wasn't successful! Wide

> seats for everyone (ie, benches) - thats the only

> way...


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Oh no, then the "Idle" would only lie down on them.


Note* Please don't take this as mocking the "Idle" I mean they might have "Idleitus" and that's not nice.



W**F


* Stuffs another M&S choclate biscuit into mouth*

Ms B Wrote:

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> Has the EDF taken a big step to the right or are

> the Guardian/Indie readers all at work? This

> thread has moved me to log in for the first time

> in about a year. Have to say I find body fascism

> worrying. I know the tabloids love to fill their

> empty columns with it but this forum used to be

> relatively inclusive.



Good point well made. Also agree with Sophie & Keef. Time to bow out.

..and who said Guardian readers hadn't got a sense of humour? Come on.... I've never seen a more tongue in cheek set of posts poking fun at such stupidty as charging fat people all through this thread. Fight battles that are worth fighting FFS not ones that don't exist.

Ms B Wrote:

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> ????, try substituting the word 'black' or 'gay'

> for 'fat' or 'ugly'. Still think it's OK?



It's not the same at all. Try reading posts that aren't poking fun at an easy target but pointing out the stupidity of prejudice - jeez, read them and look up satire too...I give in if people can't see that.

Ms B Wrote:

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> ????, try substituting the word 'black' or 'gay'

> for 'fat' or 'ugly'. Still think it's OK?


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You missed out "disabled" there & isn't "ugly" subjective anyway ?



W**F

Giggirl - I agree with you about small children having to sit on a parent's lap or sharing with another small child. I asked one man to let his kid sit on his lap on a crowded bus, and he acted as if I had asked him to wipe my arse. I explained that she was little and she hadn't paid and that I had a ticket and was tired after an 11 hour shift. He still couldn't quite see why I felt it was the right thing for his daughter to do but relented - grudgingly - in the end. Now, if it had been a fat kid....

My point is that there has been a lot of discussion and education around racism and homophobia and so most people now know it's not acceptable to discriminate, criticise or mock on those grounds, but some people seem to find it difficult to work out what amounts to discrimination in other areas.


For what it's worth, you could argue that 'fat' - or for that matter 'black', 'gay' or 'disabled' are subjective terms.


Not sure any of these posts could be called satire, by the way...

Nero Wrote:

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> Giggirl - I agree with you about small children

> having to sit on a parent's lap or sharing with

> another small child. I asked one man to let his

> kid sit on his lap on a crowded bus, and he acted

> as if I had asked him to wipe my arse. I explained

> that she was little and she hadn't paid and that I

> had a ticket and was tired after an 11 hour shift.

> He still couldn't quite see why I felt it was the

> right thing for his daughter to do but relented -

> grudgingly - in the end. Now, if it had been a fat

> kid....


so were you more important than the child because of their age? because they were little? or because of the fact that you splashed your hard cash?


if i'm older/bigger/richer than you, can i ask you to give up your seat for me?


i'd have told you to stick it

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