The Daily News notes that some people on Gabriola don’t think we need to build a medical clinic on the island. The paper points out the new blog that Shena Meadowcroft and Tony Gibson have started: Proposed Gabriola Clinic – Concerns, Facts & Questions.
(The Flying Shingle told us about this blog yesterday. I’d link to the relevant page on the Shingle site, if I could find it, but the Shingle site won’t un-freeze for me this morning.)
I love it when people show up with different opinions, and I love that blogging gives anybody the opportunity to publish their ideas. (I’m also pleased that we have so many Gabriola blogs.)
But anyway: the medical clinic. Is it a good idea for Gabriola to go ahead and build the proposed clinic?
Related links:
(The Flying Shingle told us about this blog yesterday. I’d link to the relevant page on the Shingle site, if I could find it, but the Shingle site won’t un-freeze for me this morning.)
I love it when people show up with different opinions, and I love that blogging gives anybody the opportunity to publish their ideas. (I’m also pleased that we have so many Gabriola blogs.)
But anyway: the medical clinic. Is it a good idea for Gabriola to go ahead and build the proposed clinic?
Related links:
- Gabriola Health Care Society – ghcs.ca
- Health centre fundraisers closing in on $1M target – Nanaimo News Bulletin
Filed in Gabriola Island 3 Comments so far
Since when has it been acceptable practice to declare a person a member of a society without that person having expressed any interest in being a member or even being aware that he or she has been made a member? This practice, if used more widely, would render meaningless membership in a society and the number of people a society or organization claims to represent.
I went and read the comment that Shena Meadowcroft & Tony Gibson posted on the Gabriola Health Care Foundation blog. The editor of that blog has edited the comment, adding this text:
This strikes me as most unfortunate, particularly as the editor is wrong about the legal repercussions of linking to another site, at least for now. The editor has probably heard about the case that is now before the Supreme Court of Canada, regarding whether links can be considered ‘publication’ or not. In other words, if I link to a blog that says defamatory things about you, am I defaming you just by linking to that site? The court has not ruled on this matter yet. I’m hoping they will say that linking to other sites cannot be considered publication or defamation, because otherwise it won’t be possible for bloggers and others to link to a full range of opinions on a matter.
I linked to Shena and Tony’s blog in this blog post, and also on the list of Gabriola blogs I maintain. I like reading all sorts of opinions.
I don’t like it when ignorant people disagree with me for no reason other than to be combative. However, I love it when people come along with well-considered, well-reasoned opinions that are different from what I think. I learn so much from those people, and I enjoy seeing issues from other people’s perspective. I’ve appreciated reading Shena and Tony’s ideas about the clinic, and the responses that I hear people come up with.