There's a whole host of
new and fascinating interviews now available at Conscious TV, this
time with a particular emphasis on trauma and the concept of
forgiveness. I've just picked out the following one to feature
here, Iain McNay's interview of Jo Berry and Pat Magee. Jo Berry is
the daughter of Sir Anthony Berry, the MP who was killed at the
Conservative Party Conference in 1984, killed by a bomb planted by
then IRA member Pat Magee.
The two of them met for
the first time several months after Mr. Magee was released from
prison in 1999, in this interview they talk candidly about the
dialogue they entered into which has continued ever since. They now
run a non-profit organisation, Building Bridges for Peace, which
seeks to demonstrate how dialogue and mediation can resolve and
transform conflict.
The thing I find most
compelling is the honesty from both of them, neither clutch at terms
like forgiveness or try and make their experience fit any sort of
mould. Also this interaction is not about liking Pat Magee,
rehabilitating his image or justifying what he did, it's simply about
dialogue and understanding, and for me that's actually enough.
Link to the Conscious TV website, where all their interviews are available:
http://conscious.tv/
Link to the website of Jo Berry and Patrick Magee:
http://www.buildingbridgesforpeace.org/
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