Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: The "ideology" thing

[Katie Henry (katie-henry]

Wayne Tyson wrote:

> I hope that cohousing continues to evolve toward cooperation 
> rather than competition, responsibility rather than entitlement, 
> and an active sympathy rather than dismissive pity.

Wayne, you completely twisted the point of my message. (I'm assuming that 
you're 
responding to my message about cohousing ideology that started this thread.)

I belong to several associations, both professional and for social/medical 
causes. I expect these associations to focus on their mission and not get 
derailed by unrelated issues that may or may not be important to some or all of 
the association's members. Would I expect the Society for Technical 
Communication (my professional association) to work to stop the clubbing of 
baby 
seals? Should the Alliance for the Mentally Ill be involved in keeping abortion 
legal? Failing to focus on the mission is a good way for an association to 
sputter out, lose the support of its members, and become irrelevant. The fact 
that I feel this way does not mean that I don't have "active sympathy" for 
union 
members.

Also, I have a big problem with the tone of your messages. You keep posting 
these strange, leading questions about excessive rules and authoritarianism, 
and 
using terms like "competition," "entitlement," and "dismissive pity." You seem 
to be digging for dirt and looking for proof that cohousing is not all warm and 
fuzzy and wonderful as it's claimed to be. What exactly is your agenda for 
being 
here on Coho-L?

Katie Henry
(former cohouser, so I don't have to be polite any more)