” Absurd. “
As absurd as completely banning all nuts (and nut products and items which may have the remote possibility of having some relation to nuts) from a school campus because one student has an allergy??
As absurd as sueing airlines to force them to stop serving ‘airline peanuts’ because someone who has an allergy *might* want to fly someday??
Since when has the world gone so topsy-turvy that the vast majority must now ‘adjust’ to accomodate the tiniest minority, instead of the other way around??
” Absurd. “
As absurd as completely banning all nuts (and nut products and items which may have the remote possibility of having some relation to nuts) from a school campus because one student has an allergy??
As absurd as sueing airlines to force them to stop serving ‘airline peanuts’ because someone who has an allergy *might* want to fly someday??
Since when has the world gone so topsy-turvy that the vast majority must now ‘adjust’ to accomodate the tiniest minority, instead of the other way around??
Yeah, this one IS odd inasmuch as it’s the opposite of what usually happens. Ordinarily, they’d have outlawed nuts everywhere in the county.
LOL
Now thats absurd.
This is a CHILD.
He has EVERY RIGHT to be in school - in fact the law says he should be.
No answer yet.
We've got MILLIONS of folks with a wheat gluten problem. There are only a few hundred with the peanut problem.
Makes more sense than banning eveyone else’s diet because of ONE kid, like here in US. Here in some schools, you can’t have a peanut butter sandwich if one kid has an allergy.
In truth, the things you mentioned ( which seem to almost be the norm, today) are far more odious than removing the kid.
As absurd as completely banning all nuts (and nut products and items which may have the remote possibility of having some relation to nuts) from a school campus because one student has an allergy??
As absurd as sueing airlines to force them to stop serving ‘airline peanuts’ because someone who has an allergy *might* want to fly someday??
Since when has the world gone so topsy-turvy that the vast majority must now ‘adjust’ to accomodate the tiniest minority, instead of the other way around??
I did not realize that this was a contest.
Yes, it is absurd. What difference does it make which one is the most absurd. Both alternatives are absurd. Fortunately, Banning all nuts and nut products or banning the kid are not the only alternatives.
Sheesh! Where has common sense gone? The school can easily accommodate this child, and it can do so without banning all nuts (I'm not counting the teachers here) and nut products.
Why is this absurd? Nut allergys are not particularly rare, and can be life threatening. Nuts are not exactly one of the basic food groups, so if you make it safe for those students at the cost of not serving nuts the only people who suffer are the nut growners. I like pecan pie, but I'd be willing to give up eating it in restaurants if having pecan pie puts other at risk of dying. (I can always bake some at home - better anyway) There's nothing so great about nuts that banning them causes any harm. (you don't happen to be a pecan grower do you?)
” Absurd. “
As absurd as completely banning all nuts (and nut products and items which may have the remote possibility of having some relation to nuts) from a school campus because one student has an allergy??
As absurd as sueing airlines to force them to stop serving ‘airline peanuts’ because someone who has an allergy *might* want to fly someday??
Since when has the world gone so topsy-turvy that the vast majority must now ‘adjust’ to accomodate the tiniest minority, instead of the other way around??
Bravo! I could not have said that any better ping.