PEOPLE BEING PEOPLE

Donna Giustizia lobbied the city of Vaughan, Ontario, in November to chop down all the oak trees in the vicinity of Stephen Catholic Elementary School, claiming that her children and others like them with nut allergies were in danger. She mentioned especially their "anxiety" from even glimpsing acorns on the ground and suggested that the allergic children could be easily bullied by acorn-wielding classmates. [The Globe and Mail (Toronto), 11-13-2012]