tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post7820542496177884707..comments2023-10-04T08:13:56.965-04:00Comments on redjenny: A Better Communications Strategy? No, We Need Safe Drinking WaterRed Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07720489192755635941noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-65383245665172579732007-05-14T13:56:00.000-04:002007-05-14T13:56:00.000-04:00I was simply appalled when I heard this story on C...I was simply appalled when I heard this story on CBC in the morning. As soon as the print version was out I had to say something. What a shoddy piece of journalism - consider the set of assumptions that are underlying the article. <BR/><BR/>And of course, there's a remarkable absence of aboriginal voices. Where's the voice of the grandma who has a terrible skin rash, or the mother of the kid withRed Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07720489192755635941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-52322233873158494062007-05-12T19:47:00.000-04:002007-05-12T19:47:00.000-04:00It's typical government "we're getting the job don...It's typical government <I>"we're getting the job done"</I> rhetoric - and for the majority of head in the sand, our government cares, sheeple, Canadians that's enough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-64873747409902808502007-05-12T19:34:00.000-04:002007-05-12T19:34:00.000-04:00Hmmm, interesting logic. I guess you're just feeli...Hmmm, interesting logic. I guess you're just feeling guilty about something :)<BR/><BR/>I guess sometimes when in government it makes more sense to look like you are doing something about the problem rather than actually doing something about it. Weird.Peter Dodsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907889274467230962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-26222488680543650972007-05-12T15:53:00.000-04:002007-05-12T15:53:00.000-04:00The notion that they would say the solution is bet...The notion that they would say the solution is better signs is absurd. The solution is to provide the safe water.TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11397335545286040472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-53060281823110302162007-05-12T10:08:00.000-04:002007-05-12T10:08:00.000-04:00Perhaps instead of writing it in English they shou...Perhaps instead of writing it in English they should have posted the signs in the appropriate native languages. Duh' Oh. Of course that is not the point, either, its to create clean water to drink. I linked to your article as well.EUGENE PLAWIUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11736971647879996375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-88929167047160478062007-05-12T01:41:00.000-04:002007-05-12T01:41:00.000-04:00It obviously is not a problem of signs, not being ...It obviously is not a problem of signs, not being flashy enough.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I linked to your blog.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8219664.post-46088614840135467242007-05-11T18:01:00.000-04:002007-05-11T18:01:00.000-04:00Yikes, what a wretched article. It is kind of stup...Yikes, what a wretched article. It is kind of stupefying to think about the degree of doctrinal internalization required to make it completely unremarkable to a mainstream journalist and mainstream readers that this article <I>doesn't</I> pay any attention to the question of why the water is contaminated in the first place. Other than the last paragraph citing Chief General, of course, which mostScott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.com