Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Fifty Plus Cohousing + ?

[racheli (racheli]

Hi Howard,

I wish you read a little more carefully before jumping to 
conclusions:
It WOULD be stereotyping to say that "anyone who would prefer to live
without something is hostile to that things".  However,  I didn't say it,
You did.  and I don't think I implied it, either.   What I DID say was
that it makes sense for those who are
hostile to children to live in a place where there are no,
or very few children.  

Kids definitly cause messes, make noise, etc.  To me - there
is something wonderful and life giving about them (not that I  like every
child, or spend time with each and every child in my  community), so the
inconveniences are a small price to pay. 

I would also say that for me, personally, there is something very
disturbing in the fact that people want to remove themselves from any
segment of the population, which seems to be a  growing movement in
American life.  For people to want to make sure that there are no old
people around would be just as disturbing.  Maybe it has to do with a
belief (promoted by others on the list) that age-diversity is
life-enriching, and that when people cut themselves from a whole segment,
they opt
for an impoverished environment.  (Again: this is my view, and I'm not
saying that people shouldn't have the right to do so, I'm saying I don't
understand it, and don't find it appealing).

R.  
 


>Racheli wrote:
>> I guess it's very easy to see children as a form of
>> pests if one doesn't enjoy them.  I'm definitly in favor
>> of people who are hostile to children to go live
>> in their own ghettoized society/village/cohousing, whatever. 

>It's stereotyping to imply that anyone who would prefer to live without
>something is hostile to that thing.  Hostility implies an anger and
>active ill will that simply may not exist at all.  It would make about as
>much sense to say that all gay men must be hostile to women.

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racheli [at] sonoracohousing.com
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