Oh Thomas, Where Art Thou?

September 9, 2007 - 3:00 PM by

Daniel Lubetzky is the founder and prez of Peace Works Holdings, LLC – the driving force behind One Voice, an organization promoting dialogue and a moderate approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

While in Dalian, China for the World Economic Forum on Growth, Lubetzy caught up with NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman who was offering up a public address chock full of Friedman family wisdom:

* CQ (Curiosity Quotient) and PQ (Passion Quotient) will beat IQ (Intelligence Quotient) anytime

* China is like a beautifully paved super-highway, orderly and efficient, but with a huge speedway bump ahead – called political transition; it could end up being a smooth ride, or the wheels could fall off; India is like a messy dirty and pot-hole ridden super-highway, but with a flat road ahead that looks almost like an oasis or a mirage; who will win? Only time will tell…

* Grandma Friedman says ‘don’t assume the 21st century will belong to a country that censors google’s flow of information.”

After Friedman delivered his schpiel, Lubetzky caught up with him to ask why he’s been silent on the Israel-Palestinian situation for so long. After all, Friedman won two Pulitzer Prizes for his Mid-East cover and authored the acclaimed From Beirut To Jerusalem.

“I don’t know what to say anymore,” he replied with stunning and depressing honesty.

He, and many others, are starting to tune-out, as they are just turned-off by the lock that fundamentalism and violent extremism have placed on the region. The whole world will soon tune out the entire Middle East, if the Middle East doesn’t get its act together.

….claims Lubetzky in this blog entry.

Okay, people. Time to get it together. Let’s go.

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