Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Consensus vs Majority Voting

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

on 7/17/2002 3:49 PM, Racheli Gai at jnpalme [at] attglobal.net wrote:

>> I don't subscribe to the religion that consensus is the only or always
>> the best way of making decisions.
> 
> Why are you calling it a "religion" (Especially after you've established
> in previous paragraphs how you feel about religion)?  Can you try to argue
> without making putdown remarks?!

At the risk of making things worse, I think Howard was using "religion" in a
metaphorical, not literal sense. Perhaps the confusion between metaphorical
language and literal meaning has caused some of the recent
misunderstandings.

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


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