Sir, - Liam O Geibheannaigh (October 23rd) describes the injustices suffered by the vertically challenged. What about the terrible discrimination against tall people? Has he ever experienced a long-haul flight with his knees clamped under his chin? Does he know how driving a car with the seats tilted back damages the neck and spine? Has he had to undergo physiotherapy after sitting through a two-hour film at the IFC?
For many people this world is one of cramped apartments, lethal overhangs and midget furniture - a world which the community of small people gets to experience with first-class comfort. So if we are to legislate to let them sit at the front, let us, in the name of justice and human rights, insist on bigger seats and more leg room for the rest of us! - Yours, etc.,
Paul Barry, Malpas Place, Dublin 8.