Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: One more good reason for those who do NOT live in cohousing to know their neighbors better.

[Ann Zabaldo (zabaldo]

Hi Joani (and all!)

Here's an amazing new piece of information according to an NPR report this 
morning.  One neighborhood boy who grew up next to the house where the girls 
were kept said the main man accused in the kidnapping was always friendly.   He 
asked him about school, when he was older if he was dating, and older still if 
he was going to college.   So it's not just knowing your neighbors a little bit 
more it's REALLY knowing them.  More than just a "hi! howya doin'?"

This imperative we have about privacy is complex.  Of course, I believe people 
have private lives and what goes on in their home is their business.  But 
where's the line?  In some ways I think our privacy is killing us and in other 
ways I think the world is way too invasive.  I'm still chewing on this.

I've been wondering what ever happened to the Austrian girl who was kept in the 
basement of the man's home for many years, had several children by him?  His 
wife claimed she didn't know anything about the situation.   Remember that 
story?

Best --

Ann Zabaldo
Takoma Village Cohousing
Washington, DC
Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC
Falls Church VA
703-688-2646

On May 7, 2013, at 8:33 PM, Joani Blank wrote:

> 
> Charles_____who initiated the rescue of the kidnapped 
> women in Cleveland, says in this interview, "I know 
> something is wrong when a little bitty white girl runs 
> into a black man's arms!"
> 
> http://www.upworthy.com/must-watch-3-young-women-missing-for-10-years-and-locked-in-house-freed-by-awesome-good-samaritan-2?c=upw1
>  
> 
> 
> Also, I can't help but think that this kind of horror 
> (plus more 'ordinary' incidences of sexual and domestic 
> violence) would be nipped in the bud more frequently if 
> people everywhere knew their neighbors even a little 
> bit better---which is why I'm posting this on the 
> cohousing listserve.
> 
> -- 
> /_______________________
> Most people don't know there are angels whose only job 
> is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall 
> asleep & miss your life./
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