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If you don't suffer from allergies or have someone close to you who does, you have no idea how we must contort ourselves to adapt to the world.

That phrase is used in all sorts of situations. Such as "If you were never fat yourself, you can never understand what it is like to be fat."

The statement implies that those who do not have the condition have no right to comment upon it. I disagree with that notion. Otherwise, we will not be able to have an opinion on war unless we ourselves were a soldier. Or men cannot comment upon abortion because they can never get pregnant in the first place. And so on.

Thus, I do not believe that one needs to have a peanut allergy (or have somebody close to them with a peanut allergy) to be qualified to comment upon the subject. One can certainly sympathize with those who have this particular plight but one does not have to be a slave to political correctness and kow-tow to some of the extreme measures being proposed to accomodate those who do.

I don't think that reasonable people would have a problem with a table in a school cafeteria being deemed "peanut free." However, when the entire school becomes a "peanut free" zone on account of one or two kids who have the allergy (and this has happened in school districts across the nation), it does become quite ridiculous. Especially since peanuts (and peanut products) are such a staple food for so many. Surely, it does not make good sense to restructure and inconvenience the lives of the majority in order to create a false sense of security for the distinct minority. And I say a false sense of security because no matter what precautions are taken, pranksters or sick, twisted people will find a way to circumvent them.

I have not heard of any school actually being made peanut free zones. Some frightned parents have tried, no doubt, but has it really happened when there were only 1 or 2 kids with PNA?

Same with the airlines. All the ranting by people who didn't want to give up their free airline peanuts. I have never failed to be given my peanuts on a flight & none of the passengers choked to death.

I think people who are that sensitive to peanuts are restricing their airline travel already. I know one woman who doesn't fly because of pna.
Some non allergic folks have their panties in a wad at the mere thought that someone somewhere is demanding special accomodation because of a fatal allergy. Good grief! I find it laughable.