Mohamad sh.'s Comments

we can't get them all together at once. It has to start with single people, hopefully it spreads from there. It's a long process. That's why I do this, blog and chat, it's the only solution I can think of in my power to try and push for the change.. in the blog I used to run during the lebanon war, I managed to build a friendship with a lebanese man who began in a totally opposite opinion from me.. but we respected our different views of the matter, and the discussion led us to understand how similar our lives were. We learnt alot, I think, about the de-humanization faceless media reports can create about the other side, and when you speak, even if you don't agree on politics, you can get along - you build relationships and deter from violence. And that blog slowly gained some reputation and thena few others heard about it, and some schoolchildren in spain and brazil heard of it, so we managed to teach a little lesson about tolerance to some young people. So that's how I know it works. Unfortunately though, like I said, it is a long process, not everyone gets it immediately, and sometimes, that only leaves worse forms of solutions to certain situations, as unfortunate as that may be. One day, I hope the change will be complete.