Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Dutch-American feminist filmmaker and political writer. She is author of several books, the latest of which is Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now. She[…]
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Hirsi Ali rejects the European tendency toward pessimism.
Description: Hirsi Ali rejects the European tendency toward pessimism.
Transcript: I feel the obligation . . . I think it was Karl Popper who stated the obligation to be an optimist – that by making this analysis just based on what I read in the newspaper is not . . . It doesn’t necessarily mean that that’s how things are going to happen. I mean everyday there are people involved . . . Even as critical as I am of Europe, there are voices within Europe who feel that things are going in the wrong direction. And I believe always that you can . . . There’s always the possibility to make change on that. Yeah. I’m optimistic about it.
Recorded on: 8/15/07
