I don’t normally respond to daily events on my website but the horrific events in Norway  have gotten me thinking…For those of you who have been listening to or reading the eloquent and thought provoking words of Jan Egeland, Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, it is interesting to note that he used to live at International House at UC Berkeley. I can’t help but think what would have happened to Anders Breivik if he had once lived in such a place. I used to live at International House and it is the type of place where having a lunch in the cafeteria means sitting down with “the other”… whoever that may be for you.  Stereotypes do not last long at International House; in fact, they are broken constantly through simple conversation.
It is always easier to destroy bridges than to build them. Here’s hoping that the Norwegian bridge builders far outnumber the destroyers.