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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've always been naturally very thin (and tall) so this amuses me. I wonder what BMI they have set. Hopefully something reasonable like 17%.[/quote]

Are you being purposely obtuse?

17% BMI is at the low/normal range.  Anorexia is another story, genius.

Let me share a visual so that you can "get" the point.

[img]http://www.davidmcelroy.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Anorexic-model.jpg[/img][/quote]

So why limit it to modeling? Why not pass a law imposing jail time on anyone that falls below a BMI of 18? Also I don't think anorexia is a bigger problem than obesity. About 10,000 times as many people die from obesity-related desires. Any-skinny laws like these are passed by jealous, fat legislators. [/quote]

Because we can't outlaw personal behavior. But we cannot event an industry from forcing people to starve in order to get a job. [/quote]

You can't do either in the U.S.  The EU law would unconditional in the U.S. under the first amendment. [/quote]

No, the us airline industry had weight requirements for flight attendants up until 1990.  The army has them.  Certain sports have them.  It's not unconstitutional because weight is not a protected class.  Unless weight is used to discriminate against a certain protected class of individuals, if it relates to the job you can do it as a company.  And certainly governments do it.  [/quote]

Again, you don't seem to realize the difference between private industries making rules and the government making rules.  Equal protections does not govern what private organizations and companies can do. [/quote]

Uh did you even read my post?  The army is government. And state racing commissions, which are part of government, legislate jockey weights. [/quote]

That's for the safety of the horses. And the military is a special case. Remember that it's perfectly legal for the military to ban women from combat, gays from service, trannies from service etc. (in some cases they have voluntarily life's those restrictions, but the point is that the military is a special case).[/quote]

No it's not, you liar.  The weight limit is a lowest allowable amount, for the safety of the jockey.  And of course the military is always a special case.  And the airline industry is private industry.  An all of the state commission rules for weight in boxing, when you can rehydrate and how, are for what?  Oh the safety of the spectators?  And FAA mandatory medical screenings for pilots with a BMI of 40?

Yes, yes, everything must be a special case, except for models.

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