Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Was the Declaration of Independence a cohousing moment?

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

On 7/02/2003 12:47 PM, "David Heimann" <heimann [at] world.std.com> wrote:

> As I see it, the Declaration of Independence had to be a cohousing
> moment.  After all:
> 
> o  It took about a year to decide on it.
> 
> o  The draft was written by a committee.
> 
> o  It was adopted by consensus after virtually an infinite number
> of meetings and discussions.
> 
> o  The vote to declare independence took place on July 2, but by
> the time they finished going over the document, removing whole sections,
> rewording others, and finally voting to adopt the whole thing, it was July 4.
> 
> o  It took the rest of the month to get the word out to all the
> colonies.

Wonderful!!! Also an example of why it _needs_ to take so long if you want
everyone committed to the action.


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

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