Social cohesion.

I was given a heads up to this video on YouTube by its director and I’d like to post it here, as I think it highlights something we all sometimes lose sight of. You can check out the director’s blog here at Podnosh.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TuosrFkNhQ]

Now you could say that in light of the big picture these are small things. But the real point is that politicians can talk, but it takes ordinary local people to put change into action. Without efforts at the grassroot levels, political rhetoric is worthless.

A young man in the first group that the presenter speaks to makes the point that because he can communicate about his fears and problems and people listen to him now he no longer feels the need to cause trouble. This is an important point, we must practice both communication and tolerance, that is the only way we’ll solve our current problems.