A few days I posted an entry about a really fat woman suing Southwest Airlines for discrimination because they asked her to buy two seats to acommodate her enormous self.

If you don't think she's as fat as I say, here's her photo.

Now, today I stumbled upon the following article that discusses the verdict of a trial of a similar nature, except that this offended fat woman was black. Here's the text for those of you that don't use tabbed browsing:

CONCORD, N.H. -- A jury on Friday said Southwest Airlines did not racially discriminate against a black woman when she was asked to buy a second seat on a plane because of her size.

The jury deliberated for a little over an hour before finding against Nadine Thompson, who sued Southwest in federal court. She claimed the airline's "customer of size" policy was unfairly applied to her after she boarded a flight at Manchester Airport in 2003.

Joel Drake, a Southwest employee, testified earlier that Thompson accused him of being a "racist pig" when he tried to explain the company's policy and swore at him. He said in 18 years with Southwest, he'd never encountered such horrible accusations and told his boss he couldn't do his job anymore. He took six weeks off and requested a lower position.

Thompson testified that Drake was bullying her and she felt scared, so words were her only way to fight back. She said that no Southwest employees, including Drake, ever explained to her why she needed to buy a second seat.

"Even if you're the only black person on a flight ... you still can't prove race," Thompson said after the verdict. "If they don't fix these problems with their policy, other people are going to come at them."

Yawn.

My first problem with this case is that this woman screaming RACISM devalues every other case of racism that actually exists in this country. But she can't see past the end of her supersized Jersey Mike's Sub to realize that.

Secondly, there has to come a point where this "take no personal responsibility and sue and blame everyone else in the world for our problems" mentality has to end.

Where that will be, I don't know. Maybe this case will help a little.