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.

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. Even if they did not go into a full reaction they would face
the stress of the fear of being around a potential trigger for a full
reaction.

Maybe she just wanted her 15 minutes of fame, but she got a lot more
than she had hoped for. People were outraged at the suggestion and, as
it turns out, acorns are not the kind of tree nuts that cause allergic
reactions. They can cause problems to some people if they eat them.
Acorns are very bitter and they are not eaten in North America.

Now the woman is whinging that in a a free, civilized society we should
be able to voice our opinions and make our requests to elected officials
without fear of reprisal, ridicule, or regret. While I agree with the
general idea of that, it does not protect you in cases were your
requests are ridiculous and unwarranted. We reserve the right not to
take people seriously when they are being ridiculous. There was
absolutely no reason for her to even be concerned about oak trees and
acorns, but that didn't stop her little brain from looking for some
cheap celebrity.