(I tend to view the whole of Scandinavia as a kind of gigantic sauna full of sweaty, consensual fun and judgment-free openness. With feminism, and meatball snacks).
For some at the conference, it meant both respect for other groups and a liberal openness to free speech, even offensive speech.
"Britain has one of the highest degrees of free market openness, no investment needs to be scrutinised, it's entirely up to you".
But even this clutter doesn't diminish the sense of free-flowing openness that results from having everything sitting directly on the floor, with almost no interior walls or pedestals.
Done right, it could anchor a transatlantic economic model favouring openness, free markets, free peoples and the rule of law over the closed, managed visions of state capitalism.Right now, the pact is in trouble, beset by small-mindedness and mutual suspicion.
The group advocated free elections, greater openness in East German society and a free press.
It is a battle that can only be won with openness, free argument and light.
DESPITE the disruptions, there are good reasons to believe that more free trade and openness ultimately offer more security.
America will always be a strong model for how a nation thrives in the modern age, as long as our culture of curiosity, free inquiry and openness endures.
The al-Jazeera website condemned the closure, saying it was "contrary to pledges made by the interim Iraqi government to start a new era of free speech and openness".
The network, on its Web site, called the closing unjustified and said the decision "is contrary to pledges made by the Iraqi government to start a new era of free speech and openness".
