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[–]frontrandom -1ポイント0ポイント  (6子コメント)

You'd be really, really hard-pressed to explain - from both a legal and advertising standpoint - why this wouldn't be discrimination.

It's not discrimination because it can be applied across the board. Think about it this way: your boyfriend's family also probably consumes more food. If they're all "massively tall" then they consume more calories than yours, right? Well then their monthly food budget must be higher to accommodate. Or they pursue alternatives such as cheaper food, etc.

They also consume more fuel. They are heavier, which requires more resources to transport. If every person had to buy their own fuel to bring to the airport, they'd have to bring more than your family. It's a perfectly fair system. If they can't afford it, they can travel less or pursue other means of transportation. As the system currently is, they cost more for the airline to transport than your family does (let's exclude luggage for now). By averaging out fuel costs among all passengers you pay more than your fair share in order to lower his costs. That's all well and good for you if you're fine with that, but I don't like having to pay your boyfriend's fuel costs.

[–]vuuvo -3ポイント-2ポイント  (5子コメント)

Afro-Carribeans have a higher average height. So you agree that black people should be charged more to take public transport?

Obviously this isn't what I actually think you believe, but do you understand my point? Being tall is as innate as your race or your gender. A system where a black man is charged more than a white woman for the same service (if you look at it from the customer's perspective) is not a fair one.

If one starts saying "I don't want to pay for x demographic" it's a very slippery slope. It would take exactly the same logic to say that black and south asian people should pay more for healthcare; disabled people should have to buy two tickets for buses/trains; men should be charged higher rates of insurance; parents of a kid with dyslexia should pay higher taxes to cover their schooling; etc.

[–]linguaphilia 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

I agree. Its a slippery slope and that's not how I want service pricing to work. (And I am a very short woman, so no benefit for me personally here).

[–]attica13 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

This is NOT about race. But you seem hell bent on twisting the issue to make it about color. Heavy people cost more to transport it's a fact. The color of those people is not relevant.

[–]vuuvo 1ポイント2ポイント  (2子コメント)

I'm intentionally relating it to race in an attempt to show you how ridiculous the idea sounds when applied to other physical attributes.

Treating people differently based on physical genetic attributes they can't do much about is basically the cornerstone of racism/discrimination. It doesn't magically become okay when it's about height and muscle mass as opposed to skin shade. I believe that charging tall people more for the same service is discrimination. Please clarify how you disagree with this statement.

[–]attica13 -1ポイント0ポイント  (1子コメント)

It is ridiculous, that's why no one is doing it. There is absolutely no reason to charge more based on gender or race. But there is a perfectly valid reason to charge more based on size because bigger people cost more in fuel costs.

[–]vuuvo 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

...charging based on size is the same thing as charging based on gender and race. Gender and race are pretty much what dictates your healthy weight level.