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Opening Arguments

Fat is the ne

Ah, the advance of civilization:

NANUET, N.Y. -  A 290-pound New York man is steaming mad at the White Castle fast-food chain, which he claims repeatedly broke promises to make the booths in his local eatery bigger.

Martin Kessman, 64, filed a lawsuit against the fast-food giant last week in Manhattan federal court, claiming that the uncomfortable booths violate the civil rights of fat people.

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The Americans with Disabilities Act is "applicable -- not only to me, but to pregnant women and to handicapped people," according to Kessman, who is suing for bigger chairs and unspecified damages. "I just want to sit down like a normal person."

The right of an obese chucklehead to more easily consume the stufff that will make him even fatter -- of course the ADA covers that, or else what's it good for?

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