[Ads-l] Department of Understatement?
Joel S. Berson
Berson at ATT.NET
Sat Jan 3 01:53:34 UTC 2015
"[Visitors to the Pittsfield, Mass. museum can see] life as the
Shakers experienced it, in structured and disciplined communities
that embraced a practice of celibacy that ultimately hindered their growth."
Duh!
The text continues "From a peak of approximately 5,000 in the
mid-19th century, practicing Shakers now number just three at the
last active settlement, in New Gloucester, Me. [So visitors can't
actually see Shaker "life" at Pittsfield any more.]
Motto: Embrace each other, not the practice of celibacy!
NYTimes, Dec. 31, 2014, page C1.
Joel
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