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