Comment 75110

By H+H (registered) - website | Posted March 08, 2012 at 16:52:25 in reply to Comment 75106

It may be fair to question...... It may be fair to question whether the Board is doing what's best for them. It may be fair to question whether the City of Hamilton is doing what's best for them. It may be fair to question whether McMaster is doing what's best for them. It may be fair to question whether those who oppose elements of this plan are doing what's best for them. It may be fair to question why the Hamiltonian rarely offers an opinion on anything? In fact, it is fair to question, especially when even the Hamiltonian labels their own piece as "Opinion".

I'm all for diverse views in as many different formats and sites as possible, but asking the same questions we're all struggling to answer is not my idea of an opinion. I'm 100% OK if that opinion differs from mine, but relying solely on the Socratic method for most posts doesn't do enough to move the dialogue along, especially when I think we can all agree that this Socratic method is being employed by people who seemingly have no more expertise on the topic than do the rest of us who engage in online and/or community-based dialogue.

That's not a put down, simply a statement of fact. I guess if Socrates himself was doing the asking, I might feel more compelled to play along. Having said all of this, I think the Hamiltonian is adding to the civic dialogue because they do reach out to newsmakers. They do solicit answers from them. I take the time to read those answers. But, I would prefer a lot more analysis and a lot less transcribing. Opinions can, of course, follow both approaches. Perhaps it's just a question of personal preference.

gcrawford

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