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To: Deadeye Division
The fittest survive. a kid with such an allergy is unfit and survival is doubtful..
2 posted on 11/02/2003 10:10:01 AM PST by bert (Don't Panic!)
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To: bert
The fit survive=== you beat me to it. Why are there more peanut allergic kids than years ago? Because they are protected. Years ago, they died and did not pass on that genetic pre-disposition.
4 posted on 11/02/2003 10:19:33 AM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: bert
Since I never heard of such a thing back when I was in Grade School, (50's) I must assume they all died horrible deaths before age 6.
6 posted on 11/02/2003 10:26:00 AM PST by eddie willers
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To: bert
The fittest survive. a kid with such an allergy is unfit and survival is doubtful.

What an appalling attitude. I'm guessing you don't have any kids (at least I hope not).

I do not support peanut-free policies in schools -- because I am sick of tiny minorities of people believing they have a right to impose major life changes on the rest of us. But that doesn't mean that we can't have sympathy for the poor kids who suffer from this serious problem.

You would have to have a heart of stone to have such a cavalier attitude as you are displaying here.

This kind of attitude is an embarrassment to FR.

8 posted on 11/02/2003 10:28:30 AM PST by Maceman
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To: bert
The fittest survive. a kid with such an allergy is unfit and survival is doubtful. .

I'll assume you just forgot your sarcasm tag. There are many children and adults with serious allergies that can be life-threatening. This includes animal dander. I have a daughter who must stay away from dogs and cats - can't go into a house where these pets have even been without starting to react. She is now a well educated, productive adult who gets along just fine as long as she avoids closed spaces where there have been dogs and cats.

My nephew is one of the peanut allergy suffers. He would suffocate quickly if he somehow ate peanut anything in any quantity. He also has reached adulthood and is a productive person.

The list is long of materials causing serious allergic reactions.

9 posted on 11/02/2003 10:29:55 AM PST by toddst
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To: bert
I once knew a guy who had such a reaction to peanuts. He carried a spring loaded syringe on him (in a plastic tube) at all times.

*Post your "Are you glad to see me or... joke here*

If he ever came in contact with the stuff, he had to inject himself in the thigh in less than a minute or else he would croak (or so he said, but I have no reason to doubt him).
You should have seen that guy try and get on an airplane before 9/11. I doubt he flies much any more.

10 posted on 11/02/2003 10:34:18 AM PST by tamu
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To: bert

%^(

11 posted on 11/02/2003 10:36:41 AM PST by Constantine XIII
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To: bert
That COLD, bert.
13 posted on 11/02/2003 10:38:22 AM PST by F.J. Mitchell (If you seen yourself as other people do, you'd laugh too.)
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To: bert
"Unfit" is an opinion, as you can agree, having stated yours.

Perhaps we can avoid Hillary having the power to decide who is "unfit", else perhaps you would meet your end even more quickly than I.

Remember the Nazis, who were a Leftist cult, started their killing spree with the "unfit".

51 posted on 11/02/2003 12:06:06 PM PST by Iris7 (Victory, always Victory. "Duty, Honor, Country". The first is Duty, and known only by His Grace.)
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To: bert
The fittest survive. a kid with such an allergy is unfit and survival is doubtful..

I used to poo-poo the whole peanut allergy thing until I began suffering the effects of it recently. I have a history of mild asthma that I've largely been able to ignore until the past couple of years. Then, with no warning, the allergens that scarcely bothered me in my younger years began having an effect. Today, cat dander, down feather pillows, and peanut products trigger an asthma attack.

And these days, after only a few peanuts or peanut-derived foodstuffs, breathing is not something I take for granted.

I'm one of the lucky ones. A friend of my brother paid the ultimate price for her mistake. She didn't know her allergy to peanut-derived foods had progressed over the years and she suffered a severe reaction and died as a result. She was only 26 years old.

65 posted on 11/02/2003 12:53:55 PM PST by Prime Choice (I want to be immortal. Then I'll never have to vote Democrat.)
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To: bert
Christ, you're disgusting.
81 posted on 11/02/2003 1:44:13 PM PST by ShadowDancer
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To: bert
I love ya buddy, but geeeeez. :p
126 posted on 11/02/2003 3:38:05 PM PST by Constantine XIII
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