pause and reflect

In a recent statement, Minister Kocáb called for tolerance and sympathy toward the squatters’ cause. “Criminalising the lifestyle of alternative communities shows a failure to think about the meaning of those other cultures. A mature society requires that kind of self-reflection,” Kocáb said, warning that dismissal and distrust of unconventional lifestyles is part of the slippery slope leading to bigotry. “And that’s something we should be watching out for,” he said