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My attitude towards obesity could best be characterised as apathy. It's your body and your life. You can do whatever you want with it, as long as you're willing to accept the consequences of your lifestyle.
Nobody I know has ever said losing weight is easy, but it can be done. I think this is why the obese aren't really regarded as a valid minority; their distinction is perceived as self-inflicted.
And calling out discrimination because you can't fit in an airplane/cinema seat, well that's just ridiculous. The people who make such things design them to be accesible to the mean average customer. Making exceptions hurts their profit margin. Accomodating someone who is wheelchair-bound or hearing impaired is one thing, but accomodating massive obesity isn't really seen as necessary. Again, these people are considered as having done it to themselves.
I understand that nobody chooses to be obese. At the same time, we have many members here who are capable of saying that they have successfully brought their weight under control (yourself included, I assume). onesnowyowl, Shauk, Lasereth and others all made the commitment to their health and it's paid dividends. If someone chooses not to make that commitment, and chooses a sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy diet then I've no sympathy for them when they pay the price. You don't fit in 'normal' life? That's the consequences mentioned above.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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