Re: Cultural Consistency | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Kevin Wolf (dcn00056![]() |
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Date: Tue, 21 Jun 94 22:15 CDT |
After living in a successful co-op house for ten years and the N St Co-housing Community since 1988, I think it is possible to have a great deal of diversity in age, color, race, sexual orientation, parents and singles, but wide diversity in creed and religion can cause problems. An avid Rush Limbough/Oliver North fan would not wear well in our community. Even if they kept their view quiet, they would probably look down on us because of our views and opinions, just like if I knew theirs, I would start to lose respect for them. This also depends on how fanatic they are, how willing are they to listen and consider anothers point of view. The same goes for religion. Fundamentalists who believe that all of the earth including the highest mountainss were covered by flood for 150 days sometime around 5000 years ago have decided that they don't want rationality to invade into their belief system. How accepting are they of unmarried couples living together, gays and lesbians, and a host of other issues that we accept and support? We have only had one case where someone of a different creed even wanted to live here. She couldn't rent any of the rooms in her house because she would not accept anyone who might have a boyfriend sleep over. She eventually left in part because of the strict restrictions she placed on roommates caused her not to be able to pay rent. I think that co-housers may become, over time, more like native tribes in which a clear cultural set of beliefs, philosophies, rituals, practices and tenets become dominant and eventually imbued in the subconscious fiber of all who live there. May take 50 years but looking at tribes around the world shows a similar trend. --- Kevin Wolf 724 N St Davis, CA 95616 phone and fax: 916-758-4211
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