Talk about 1% dictating to the other 99%...
If I told EasyJet that I was gluten intolerant, would they ban glutens for me?
If I told EasyJet that I was gluten intolerant, would they ban glutens for me?
Gluten can induce anaphylaxis in some people. I guess we just wait now for them to ban all gluten-containing foods?
Seriously though, this arbatrary banning of things for a small population seems compassionate, but is really just making more peoples trip a bit less pleasant, in an already decidely unpleasant way to travel.
No. But seeing decisions being made based on the lowest common denominator to the inconvenience of everyone else (able bodies people are not inconvenienced by wheelchair ramps) is annoying to everyone who is inconvenienced (edit: for small values of everyone) regardless of whether or not it's an objectively good decision. Some people want peanuts and they're pissed they can't get them because of an edge case. I'm not saying it's right but it's human nature.
I don't agree. Vehemently. I am not irritated by the fact that there are ramps on most sidewalks to accommodate those in wheel-chairs, or that there is seating set aside on public transit for those who need it, or that sidewalk crossings speak to those who cannot see...
Have you no love for your fellow man? Are you so disconnected from others that their lives are now just an irritation to you?
What you've said makes me sad. And angry. All life is valuable, sacred even. Assuming there is some "lowest common denominator" that must be "catered to" places a value judgement on those who have different needs and abilities. Are some people really worth less to you?
You listed a bunch of accommodations that do not actually inconvenience you. The people who enjoyed peanuts as one of the few remaining "nice things" about air travel are rightfully annoyed that the airline is canning them because of an edge case. Personally I think they made the right decision but I'm not so dense as to express bewilderment as to why some people don't like it.
>Have you no love for your fellow man? Are you so disconnected from others that their lives are now just an irritation to you?
>What you've said makes me sad. And angry. All life is valuable, sacred even. Assuming there is some "lowest common denominator" that must be "catered to" places a value judgement on those who have different needs and abilities. Are some people really worth less to you?
I hope this is just virtue signaling (and I mean that in the purest dictionary definition way with none of the political charge the term seems to have taken on) and you don't actually take my previous comment to mean what your reply seems to think I mean.
In any case, I assure you the tone of your comment is not making me love my fellow man any more.