The Vancouver Sun, written by Lori Culbert, November 20, 2010
A former maple ridge family doctor and a father of a daughter waged an online battle against his former wife due to custody issues with regards to their daughter and due to the fact that the mother was given primary care; apparently, the former wife “sued for defamation and breach of privacy” against her former husband and as a result the family doctor has been fined $40,000 due to his illegal deed.
Clearly, internet abuse is becoming more and more popular among fighting families and friends and people tend to release their anger by insulting each other online through communication sources such as face book and you tube. Thus, I feel like there should be more restrictions about the comments or opinions posted on these communicatory websites and people should not be legally allowed to express their anger openly and blatantly against someone on the internet.
However, due to the lack of a proper restriction method on these websites, I would expect people to be mature and morally reasonable enough to hinder themselves from posting such nasty comments against their friends, family or even acquaintances; especially, in this specific case, one would expect more from a family physician who has gone through quite a few years of education and who is naturally expected to be a caring and responsible human being due to the scope of his job. Even so, I believe that releasing your anger by blatantly and disrespectfully talking behind one’s back is not a polite and effective way; rather, I believe it would be more helpful to actually talk to the person that is causing your anger and try to come up with a decision that works best for both parties involved.
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