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4. Looking back
“I do see some light, at least I see the way to go: less western thinking, less Americanism, more
humanism and human rights, broader outlooks including to other cultures.
Regarding my country, Germany, there is a national group and there are local groups still
active, albeit always discussing, and with some internal problems [it seems to be a German
tradition to quarrel]. But anyway, they exist and are active. “
“I agree. In our post-modern culture now, all groups become smaller, in every area of action
maybe, except Greenpeace. But that’s easy: one gives ten euros as a gift, the conscience is
content and one views thrilling action on TV, proudly thinking ‘I’m one of them!’ This area of
action is far more difficult.”
“I am glad to be here and to see known faces again. However, I miss the Danish people – let’s
go to them next year. I miss the German groups who were very inspiring last year, and the
Dutch groups who were also very interesting the year before. So, the UK people here can
maybe have influenced the atmosphere of the meeting. We always have to be concerned with
our safety and we cannot be optimistic.”
“I completely agree. I am glad to have met the faces behind the e-mails, the humans behind the
machines.
About possible attacks on Ipce: we are ‘worthy’ of being attacked because of our keen vision
founded on solid research and scholarly thinking. This is threatening for popular and ‘correct’
thinking.”
“OK, I agree. There is not one idea, direction or way of acting, there are several – and that’s
good. Let’s use subgroups next year to utilize and maintain that variety of ideas and models for
action. Let’s keep being active developing ideas. Let’s keep doing this together.”
“I agree. I’m glad to have met people and I want to keep the contact.”
“I am glad to have been here as a guest, to have met people and to have heard stories from
other countries. I am glad I can do things that are impossible in other countries, so I will keep
doing what is possible.”
“As the last speaker, I will thank our impressive host for the room and safety given to us.
To highlight some wise and courageous decisions the meeting has made and ideas the meeting
has given:
To continue communication without encryption,
To maintain the public Newsletter on the web,
To go on with the Ipce web site in a more balanced way,
To establish carefully ethical ideas, and
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