What's up with all these peanut allergies?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051129/ap_on_re_ca/canada_deadly_kiss_2
There is a couple restaurants in my town that serve peanuts. One place, you throw the shells on the floor. yee ha. Anyhow, there was some hour long wait so we took some outside. They cmae out and *****ed because people who have peanut allergies might catch wind of them and die. I think they have a sticker as you go in to warn you of peanuts.
Another place in town has a sign that says "local children have peanut allergies please don't remove peanuts from restaurant." I know they are just trying to protect themselves from lawsuits (it's a chain) and I'm against children dying unecessarily, but jeez.
I have heard tales of children's parents not letting the other kids bring PB&J to school because their kid might die. Tough stuff. If your kid doesn't have the survival skills, are you really willing to subject his/her fate to all those randome (stranger) parents. Keep your kid at home in the bubble. Where do these people live? What if they were allergic to milk or bread?
When do people who have a special condition 1) take precautions on their own for the variabiity and unpredictability of life in general or 2) just freaking risk it, because something's gonna get you eventually? I certainly didn't go to school with any of these peanut allergy kids.
I'm interested to hear other thoughts.