Cohousing-L Mailing List: The Lesser of Two Evils is Still Evil

[John Gear (catalyst]

Susan E. Johnston wrote:

>I apologize if this is somewhat out of order here.  I am committed to the 
>vision of co-housing as a means to rebuild our society, in a form that is 
>sustainable and humane.  However, we cannot allow ourselves to slip into 
>complacency or arrogance -- thinking that merely because we are housing 
>people more efficiently and concurrently building human fellowship -- 
>that we are better -- that we are granted the right to squander scarce 
>resources unnecessarily -- just because we are squandering less.  The 
>lesser evil is still an evil.  Now let's talk about how to house people 
>and build community using what we've got already, creatively.

Bravo!  Bravo!!!!  Well said.
John Gear (catalyst [at] pacifier.com)

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