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Originally Posted by 4X4
I don't. Why the hell didn't they? It's not like this is a place to hold AA meetings, or even a food bank. It's a methadone clinic. How many people are educated on what a methadone clinic is? Before today, all I knew was that methadone is a substitute for heroin. If you told me that a methadone clinic opened next door to me overnight, I'd sure as hell want to know alot more about.
The people operating it shot themselves in the foot by not attending this meeting or even pre emptivly educating the residents of just exactly why a methadone clinic is not some scary place where heroin addicts lean against the brick wall and shoot up.
Seriously, man. Can you not see that? I know you want everyone to hold hands and run through the meadow, but some people are a little more serious about their family's well being and their property value *gasp*, and what goes on in their neighbourhood.
Methadone clinics are most certainly the kind of thing that should be discussed with the community before just plunking down and opening up. It's good politics and good neighbourism (is that a word?).
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Intimidating the staff of the clinic with threats is good neighbourism?
Did the clinic make mistakes? For sure. They were going to rectify some of that with a meeting between themselves and the community. However the mob mentality of the community eliminated any chance of that. There's no way i'd show up for a meeting with an attitude like that from the community. Chances are anything the clinic tried to say would have been shouted down by the angry mob. The community have only themselves to blame for not getting the info they wanted.
As for your I know you want everyone to hold hands and run through the meadow comment, the info is out there if the residents really wanted the truth. Will they get on the computers to find more info? I doubt it. Living in fear seems more popular these days.
I'd have no problems what so ever with a clinic moving into my neighbourhood.