I have no problem with making accomodations for people that have specific health problems..........but there has to be a limit.
I have a huge problem with raw shrimp....my eyes swell shut, and then the swelling keeps moving. Based upon the idea of the smoking bans and "scent" bans, I should have the right to demand a raw shrimp ban.......including in the local seafood market or restaurant.
Of course, most who are pushing the smoking bans think I am am idiot for proposing any such thing. Yet they fail to acknowlege more people die every year from reactions to food than ever do from exposure to the smoke of a cigarette smoker.
As to my shrimp problem, I just avoid spending any time around it. We love to eat shrimp in this house and get wonderful fresh shrimp.......hubby deals with it and I stay in another room. Once it's cooked, I'm fine.
gee, I've got a physical problem to something and know how to avoid exposure.......seems to be such a foreign concept to the antis.
That's because you know how to avoid making your problems other people's fault.
Imagine that. And from an EEEEVILLLL smoker, too!
Oh, but see, us smokers are different, because we are all rude, careless litterers who dump our butts wherever and blow smoke in helpless people's faces, dontcha know. We go out of our way to offend them, on purpose, just to be rebellious.
BTW, is it just shrimp you are so allergic to, or is it a general seafood type allergy? Just curious, you can tell me to MYOB, if ya want. :)
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