alabaster25 wrote:
I have to agree with Maximum. He's not a citizen of the country, and just because he paid into the system at one point doesn't mean the country owes him. If the government here in America promised free health care in exchange for booting all the 35+ BMI immigrants on work visas out of the country, the whole country would probably be applauding.
I think this would be more of a problem if it was actual citizens the country was booting, rather than immigrants. However I see several articles mentioning he has a chronic knee condition requiring surgery and "evidence of impaired glucose tolerance and an enlarged fatty liver." We don't have his medical report, who knows what's written on it. If you lie to your dentist about flossing, wouldn't you lie to the media about it to?
It might be that he was selected because he's experiencing these medical issues, and being overweight is just one aspect.
I feel like Maximum was being sarcastic.
also we cant really make up our own reasons for why he 'might have been selected'
we have to use the information we were provided
which implied he was rejected for visa renewal based on his bmi.
so yes while he might have been rejected based on his other health conditions, we have no evidence of this, the articles are clearly stating that the men was rejected because he was too fat, thats why were currently discussing whether its acceptable to deny someone a visa reliant on bmi alone and not whether its okay to reject visas based on pre existing health conditions.