On 11/26/2012 10:06 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> A woman from Vaughn On. (near Toronto) is upset about being cyber
> bullied because of comments made in response to a course of actions
> that she had suggested in regard to peanut allergies. She thinks that
> people should be able to make suggestions without fear of public
> ridicule.

This is the latest victimization ploy by the lunatic fringe: ridicule
= bullying.
No, it doesn't. Your crackpot notion simply got the reception it
deserved. In the marketplace of ideas, it failed.

>
> The woman had previously spearheaded a drive to make her son's school
> nut free because the kid is allergic to peanuts and there might have
> been other children with nut allergies.
>
> Last week she contacted the town council to ask them to move some oak
> trees from a street near the school. He concern was that children with
> but allergies might come in contact with the acorns and suffer a
> reaction.

Sounds like the crazy lady from hereabouts who had a son drown in a
nearby pond. She wanted to pass laws requiring that all bodies of
water be fenced off, and she also wanted to outlaw backyard ponds.