Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: The Declaration of Independence had to be cohousing project!

[David Heimann (heimann]

Hi Racheli,

	That was so at the time, but cohousing has come a long way since 
then. :-)

Regards,
David



Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 09:54:42 -0700
From: Racheli Gai <racheli [at] sonoracohousing.com>
Subject: Re: [C-L]_ The Declaration of Independence had to be a cohousing 
project!
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What about the fact that only white male property owners got to
participate in the deliberations? :)

Racheli.

On Jul 2, 2011, at 9:45 AM, David Heimann wrote:

> Hello Fellow Cohousers,
>
>         As I see it, the Declaration of Independence had to be a 
> cohousing project.  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.
>
>
>         See?  It *had* to be a cohousing project!
>
>
> Happy Independence Day!
> David Heimann
  Jamaica Plain Cohousing