Re: What's wrong with communes? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Sharon Villines (sharonvillines![]() |
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Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 11:08:02 -0600 (MDT) |
> It seems to me a bit odd that while we are all, to a larger or smaller > extent, agents for social change, there is such a pervasive feeling > that we should allow the media to determine what "is" and > what "isn't". This is an interesting point but somewhere in the long process of conception to move in, someone quoted someone as saying, building cohousing is hard. You can't do two hard things at once. Either you are building a housing complex that fosters community or you are ...... You can't do both and still get a new cohousing community built. I would say that you can either be building cohousing or you can change the English language. If you want to build cohousing now, you need to speak the language that others are already speaking. THEN you can decide if the priority of your group is to salvage the word commune. The media actually doesn't dictate although they certainly feed on our own sensationlistic interests -- the people who buy their papers dictate. It is the language of the "the consumer." Sharon -- Sharon Villines Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC http://www.takomavillage.org _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/cohousing-l
- Re: What's wrong with communes?, (continued)
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Re: What's wrong with communes? Elizabeth Stevenson, May 10 2001
- RE: What's wrong with communes? Eileen McCourt, May 10 2001
- Re: What's wrong with communes? Sharon Villines, May 11 2001
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Re: What's wrong with communes? Racheli&John, May 11 2001
- Re: What's wrong with communes? Sharon Villines, May 11 2001
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Re: What's wrong with communes? Elizabeth Stevenson, May 10 2001
- RE: What's wrong with communes? Grace Benjamin, May 11 2001
- Re: What's wrong with communes? Elizabeth Stevenson, May 11 2001
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