Fat people have to fly too.

I'm sorry you were so put out by something that didn't even happen to you. Gee those pesky fat people just get in the way of other peoples lives.

Try replacing the "fat" in your thoughts with a race or class of people and see how "nice" it sounds.

Bigotry isn't pretty even when it comes from someone as "pretty" as you are.

When I read this post I knew you were going to get irate comments.

However, poor little NYU girl stuck in the seat next to the fat guy. Why should sympathy be reserved only for the person who cannot control their weight?

Sure I feel bad for people who are seriously overweight due to a medical reason. However, fat people who have allowed themselves to become and stay fat shouldn't be surprised that normal sized people dread being seated next to them on an airplane. It's darn uncomfortable having to share your own cramped seat with someone who is overflowing theirs.

I also have to wonder as to the percentages of fat people in the USA who are fat due to a medical reason vs. those who are fat due to laziness and gluttony. If I read one more blog where someone complains that they can't lose weight yet regularly discuss their "super-sized" fast food consumption, I am going to lose all compassion.

I bet if Andrea was carrying a few extra pounds in her suitcase she'd have had to paid excess baggage charges, yet this guy was carrying what looks like ten times the baggage allowance on himself

All people deserve respect.

Why someone is fat, thin, tall, short, enabled, disabled really isn't anyone's business but their own.

We are all human beings and are all deserving of respect. This has nothing to do with sympathy.

All people have the right to use transportation no matter if you approve or not.

Why someone is fat, thin, tall, short, enabled, disabled really isn't anyone's business but their own, except for example when they are are squashing some poor girl into half an already small airline seat... then it also becomes her business as well! I don't want to get into a 'fattist' dialogue however whilst I agrees that all people have the right to use transportation, it is not unreasonable to expect some consideration for fellow travellers.

Fat people on airplanes irritate me almost as much as bloggers who intentionally rile their readers.
So if our favorite photoggler would cease yanking the strings, maybe our crickety jaws would jab about real racial issues.
(Or was that our puppetmaster's intent??)

A little bit of controversy never did anyone any harm ... good on Andrea for giving the chance to sound off... keep it up... luv ya babe