tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post438212258943402022..comments2024-01-02T00:38:08.335-08:00Comments on Downtown Eastside Enquirer: Strathcona RainbowUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-2719838951027206012008-11-21T15:41:00.000-08:002008-11-21T15:41:00.000-08:00That Solheim died at age 86 is unremarkable. The ...That Solheim died at age 86 is unremarkable. The manner of his death, however, was tragic. <BR/><BR/>Solheim was "re-housed" after his eviction from the Patricia. It did him no good. And in that there is an important lesson: that "service provision" cannot compensative for the loss of dignity and agency. That there is a difference between having a home and "being housed". <BR/><BR/>But it's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1556539813450690811.post-21347941749171986992008-11-21T02:59:00.000-08:002008-11-21T02:59:00.000-08:00John Donne writes in "Meditation XVII": "Any man's...John Donne writes in "Meditation XVII": "Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind...."<BR/><BR/>It does not matter who the man is, no matter how drastic his nature for evil or how high his capacity for good, a man's death takes away from me something that cannot be replaced. Even the worst among us, he whom we would wish long gone, is contributory to the fabric of existenceDaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664271893389366772noreply@blogger.com