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Kjesse · 10-07-2008, 12:50 AM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...scientist.html

Our own desire to shelter our young and achieve comfort will ultimately cause us to stop to gain genetic advantages, according, in part, to this article.

I'd say, keep peanuts out of preschool and maybe to grade 6, but the fact that we even debate banning peanuts in schools in the year 2008 makes me think that in 100 years or so we'll be requiring pure reverse-osmosis water in schools else kids start to die due to some new genetic mutation that makes anything less than pure water deadly to them. At some point we have to address the root cause -- genetics -- and not make the rest of the population avoid the 'hazard'.

I have a lot of sympathy for those with severe allergies, and if I knew anyone with a peanut allergy I'd be happy to do even inordinate things to keep peanuts away from them, and to let them participate in birthday parties.

But at some point you have to stop and realize that something isn't right, and it needs to be fixed in another way than banning an ordinarily non-harmful thing from all of society.

Its kind of like how I'm against the over-use of penicillin... in the sense that, while it does a lot of good, it is contributing to the mutation of 'superbugs'. We might be creating a much more severe epidemic by trying to avoid one.

10-07-2008, 12:50 AM	#81
Kjesse Retired Join Date: Oct 2003 Exp:	http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...scientist.html Our own desire to shelter our young and achieve comfort will ultimately cause us to stop to gain genetic advantages, according, in part, to this article. I'd say, keep peanuts out of preschool and maybe to grade 6, but the fact that we even debate banning peanuts in schools in the year 2008 makes me think that in 100 years or so we'll be requiring pure reverse-osmosis water in schools else kids start to die due to some new genetic mutation that makes anything less than pure water deadly to them. At some point we have to address the root cause -- genetics -- and not make the rest of the population avoid the 'hazard'. I have a lot of sympathy for those with severe allergies, and if I knew anyone with a peanut allergy I'd be happy to do even inordinate things to keep peanuts away from them, and to let them participate in birthday parties. But at some point you have to stop and realize that something isn't right, and it needs to be fixed in another way than banning an ordinarily non-harmful thing from all of society. Its kind of like how I'm against the over-use of penicillin... in the sense that, while it does a lot of good, it is contributing to the mutation of 'superbugs'. We might be creating a much more severe epidemic by trying to avoid one. Last edited by Kjesse; 10-07-2008 at 12:54 AM.