Another reader responds to the Southwest article from earlier in the week. He is known as a comic book character by some and comes from the land of the Oak (ARH-NOLD)...enjoy

I find this matter intriguing and must weigh in. From a practical
standpoint, the guest chairs located in front of a travel agent's desk ought
to be the standard airline seat. If the customer cannot fit into the seat
while having the arm rests in the down position, they will be charged the
obese fare. Simple. Many people, the most vocal in fact, who are protesting
this new "rule" are either (a) fat themselves; or, (b) do not fly much.
First, let me address the later. If you do not fly much, you have no idea
how uncomfortable it is to be stuck next to a gelatinous fat person for any
flight of significant duration. They constantly sweat and smell bad. When it
comes time for them to move over to accomodate their seat-mates repetitive
trips to the restroom, they huff and wheez their way out of their seats and
over into the narrow isles where flight attendents are already battling for
as much space as possible to serve the fat people their peanuts and
Pepperidge Farm cookies. Secondly, fat people do not see their enormity as
being a problem for the rest of us, when in fact it is. Fat people cannot
understand that for us to rub thighs with them , or to see them inhale pecan
pie, donuts and peanut brittle is revolting. Fat people are selfish human
being cannot understand the price of their glutony, weak will-power and easy
temptation to eat is constantly being paid by the rest of us! We pay for
their weak self-policing habits by having to be uncomfortable on flights,
trains, buses, etc. The moral of my rant is that its time to shift the
burden of glutony back on the glutons. If people elect to eat and become a
certain way that infringes on the "rights" (and I will make the argument
that comfort is a basic "right") of others, they ought to be prepared to
bare the burden of some sort of reprimand.