Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Great moments in consensus -- Moment 2

[Kay Argyle (Kay.Argyle]

"... the unclarity of sidethumbing ..."

Unclarity occurs only if you don't bother to ask stand-asides for their
reasons.

"Which is why some communities don¹t allow for side thumbs."

Do you mean no stand-asides? Ugh. Maybe such communities are saintly enough
to refrain from backbiting about decisions that turn out to have been lousy:
"Well, you consensed; you thought it was a good idea, too." Particularly
maddening when you did not, and said so at the time, but judged the probably
of success, while low, to be nonetheless high enough not to merit blocking.

"... partisanship and brute force majority rule at its worst."

Majority rule may be at its worst when parties act in bad faith and are more
interested in scoring points than solving problems -- but consensus wouldn't
function at all.

Kay
 

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