So yesterday came the first of a series of public meetings in Germany called 'Germany Speaks'. The main target? It's to get people to meet....one-on-one....and admit that they have fundamental differences, then carry on a conversation about those 'topics' with someone of a different mindset.
Basically, after you review everything they laid out and attempted....the ARD and ZDF folks (who are in the background) are trying to urge civil discourse and tolerance of topics.
Success? The ARD folks (public TV, Channel One) talked over the Sunday effort and how it went....giving themselves a decent grade.
Is there a problem going on which mandates this national effort? I think in some ways....there is fear that the nation is slipping into the problems you see in the US, and they'd prefer to avoid that.
But after this one-on-one meeting wraps up....then what? There will be more of these efforts....repeated several times a year (I suggest) and as long as they can teach this effort of tolerance and get people to just accept two sides of every problem....it might have value.
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