Re: Mean-spirited
From: Susan Gjenvick (susan.gjenvickverizon.net)
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 09:48:07 -0600 (MDT)
Hello everybody,

I've been reading this list for some time. I'm not in cohousing. I'm just
here to get educated about it. I've never written to the list before but feel
compelled to do so now because I would like those who have been screaming
at each other to do something for me.

This what I would like you to do for me: Print out your most frequent post.
Take it into the bathroom, close the door, and read it aloud into the mirror.
Look up often at the face you are talking to. See how that person reflected
in the mirror responds to what you are saying and how you are saying it.
Now imagine that the face in the mirror is that of the person you are screaming

at. Ask yourself, "What happens next?"

We are all part of the same human race, far more closely connected than
we can possibly imagine, even if we're not in the same immediate community
or even in cohousing at all.

Just a suggestion from just an observer.

Susan Gjenvick

gordita wrote:

> I have been reading the cohousing-l for 2 years now. Though there has often
> been disagreement, this thread about taxes, paying for things,
> affordability, etc. is the most mean-spirited disrespectful one i have ever
> seen on the list. All of the parties have some good points, but many of them
> have now descended to name calling, in the very intelligent, articulate
> manner that most people on this list have. Please, let this thread drop. It
> had gotten way past cohousing issues, and I find myself afraid to open the
> posts for fear of what I'll read next. I don't disagree with strong opinion,
> even if I don't concur with the opinion, but I do disagree with personal
> attacks. Thank you.
>
> Terri Hupfer
> Pleasant Hill Cohousing
>
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