Double-wide? Buy two seats

So a big, fat film director, Kevin Smith, was recently given the boot on a Southwest flight because he was too fat to fly. Seems he was overflowing into his neighbor's seat, which caused a potential safety risk in an emergency.

The airline, mistakenly IMO, apologized. They do not owe Mr. Smith, or anyone else, an apology for this incident. The guy was gi-normous and should have bought an additional seat in the first place. Why does his right to be fat supersede another person's right to the space he's purchased? If I buy a seat-and this has happened to me-it IS unfair to have an obese person flowing into the space I purchased. It is nothing less than suffocating. And disgusting.

Why even did he bother to be outraged? If his seat-mate had staggered on board obnoxiously drunk from OVER-CONSUMPTION of alcohol, Mr. Smith, no doubt, would have insisted the sot be removed. Why then, shouldn't someone who is obnoxiously overweight from OVER-CONSUMPTION of food also be removed?

In her interesting commentary, Cathy Ladman, defends Mr. Smith. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. He should pay according to his size--for larger clothes (makes sense-he needs more material), for all-you-can-eat (makes sense, he eats more food) and for any other service in which his weight is a factor or an offense (that includes the theater, the symphony and his healthcare).

No, Ms. Ladman, the "world is not made for fat people." Nor should it be. Being fat is, most oftentimes, a result of laziness and greed or both. It is consuming more than your fair share. That is not fair to the rest of the world.