Re: What is your outlook?

Description: Governments and cultural communities must cooperate.

Question:  Are you generally optimistic or pessimistic about the way the world is headed?

Transcript:  I think . . .  I think I’m always optimistic in how we might . . . we might deal with these issues.  I think that there are, of course, moments of great pessimism when things appear to be going terribly; but I think that there are . . . there is still great work being done in various different communities.  And certainly if you look at the London situation, there are great leaders.  And even . . . you know recently, I have been reading more about the . . . the imams in London and the way that they are _____ with the London government _____ as representatives.  And I think that that kind of collaborative . . . collaborative approach between communities and government is something that we should always ______ as a great model.

Recorded on: 7/11/07