Stories that managed to capture my minuscule attention span this week:
The National Post on how apparently in Quebec if you're obese, it's your "human right" to have a parking spot close to your condo's entrance.
New Scientist on how our world is just a hologram.
My friend Arya Sharma on Obesity Notes and his call for a Canadian Jamie Oliver or Michelle Obama.
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The National Post article was, sadly, heavily sizeist (biased based on body size). The issue, as I read it, is that the woman in question is physically handicapped (she requires oxygen and a mobility scooter). The need for this medical assistance need is not relegated exclusively to the obese.
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with Canada's laws regarding "handicapped parking". In the US, the parking spots closest to a building's entrance are reserved for the physically handicapped/disabled -- a class of which the woman in question is demonstrably a member.
The ruling would have been made on her physical handicap, not her weight. To suggest otherwise (as the National Post did) is journalistically irresponsible and discriminatory.