Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Tragedy of the commons

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On Sep 27, 2007, at 7:48 PM, Kay Argyle wrote:

> Interestingly, some of the residents I have regarded as most
> divisive have been closeness groupies.

In cohousing and in other contexts, I find this is also true of peace  
workers. In the name of peace they feel privileged to violate any  
boundaries.

>  "Oh, we can't make it public who is
> or isn't fulfilling their community work! People would feel bad"

I'm very happy to see that in our community after 7 years of this,  
people are beginning very tentatively to point out that many people  
already feel bad. What about them?

Or does everyone have to pay more because one or two people don't pay  
at all?

The lights turn on -- eventually.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org