Minutes silence

craigmanc said:Who did it?

We all did at work except two f**king Polish in my workshop!!

Guess what?

They are now looking for new jobs, as I sacked em!!!

c**t by name!! c**t BY NATURE

mishima said:I live in France. Not one man was to be seen in the streets, at work or anywhere. No school, nothing, it was all very quiet a bit like in the film 28 days later!

Martin1956 said:I did it, on my own. When I ran my own gym, and classes started at 11 am, we always had the 2 minutes silence before the class started, and the older ones always shed a little tear. Last year, when I turned the music off in the gym just before 11, some prick came down the stairs and complained. When I hushed him and said 2 minutes silence mate, he looked at me as if I was some kind of nutter. As I said, prick!

Tannhauser said:Personally, I'm all for remembering the sacrifices of those in WWII or other conflicts. I'm not sure why that means that you're obliged to do it at the same time that everybody else does it, why that means you're a bad person and deserve to be beaten up if you don't.

Are most people actually showing any respect by observing the silence? Are they thinking of the illustrious dead while keeping quiet? Or are they just making sure that they don't fall foul of their peer group? Looking at some of the overreactions on this thread, woe betide anyone who doesn't conform.

And even if they don't keep quiet because they genuinely just don't care, so what? What business is that of anyone else's? There are no shortage of tragedies to remember and be affected by, but it makes no sense to try to bully everyone else into feeling the same. For example, why a minute's silence for 9/11, and not for 1,000,000 killed under Suharto, or Rwanda, or in the Boxing Day Tsunami? Grief and remembrance are personal things that you can't impose on others.

There's an irony in pointing out that people died to protect freedom, but at the same time suggesting we brutalise others when they exercise that freedom.

There are plenty of ways in which somebody can show support for the existing armed forces, if that's what you choose. Keeping quiet for two minutes is only one of them.

Tannhauser said:Personally, I'm all for remembering the sacrifices of those in WWII or other conflicts. I'm not sure why that means that you're obliged to do it at the same time that everybody else does it, why that means you're a bad person and deserve to be beaten up if you don't.

Are most people actually showing any respect by observing the silence? Are they thinking of the illustrious dead while keeping quiet? Or are they just making sure that they don't fall foul of their peer group? Looking at some of the overreactions on this thread, woe betide anyone who doesn't conform.

And even if they don't keep quiet because they genuinely just don't care, so what? What business is that of anyone else's? There are no shortage of tragedies to remember and be affected by, but it makes no sense to try to bully everyone else into feeling the same. For example, why a minute's silence for 9/11, and not for 1,000,000 killed under Suharto, or Rwanda, or in the Boxing Day Tsunami? Grief and remembrance are personal things that you can't impose on others.

There's an irony in pointing out that people died to protect freedom, but at the same time suggesting we brutalise others when they exercise that freedom.

There are plenty of ways in which somebody can show support for the existing armed forces, if that's what you choose. Keeping quiet for two minutes is only one of them.

Rick said:
You'd've thought they'd have stopped hiding by now.

Tannhauser said:Personally, I'm all for remembering the sacrifices of those in WWII or other conflicts. I'm not sure why that means that you're obliged to do it at the same time that everybody else does it, why that means you're a bad person and deserve to be beaten up if you don't.

Are most people actually showing any respect by observing the silence? Are they thinking of the illustrious dead while keeping quiet? Or are they just making sure that they don't fall foul of their peer group? Looking at some of the overreactions on this thread, woe betide anyone who doesn't conform.

And even if they don't keep quiet because they genuinely just don't care, so what? What business is that of anyone else's? There are no shortage of tragedies to remember and be affected by, but it makes no sense to try to bully everyone else into feeling the same. For example, why a minute's silence for 9/11, and not for 1,000,000 killed under Suharto, or Rwanda, or in the Boxing Day Tsunami? Grief and remembrance are personal things that you can't impose on others.

There's an irony in pointing out that people died to protect freedom, but at the same time suggesting we brutalise others when they exercise that freedom.

There are plenty of ways in which somebody can show support for the existing armed forces, if that's what you choose. Keeping quiet for two minutes is only one of them.

Tannhauser said:Hmm. Rick beat me to the punch, and more succinctly.

Tannhauser said:Personally, I'm all for remembering the sacrifices of those in WWII or other conflicts. I'm not sure why that means that you're obliged to do it at the same time that everybody else does it, why that means you're a bad person and deserve to be beaten up if you don't.

Are most people actually showing any respect by observing the silence? Are they thinking of the illustrious dead while keeping quiet? Or are they just making sure that they don't fall foul of their peer group? Looking at some of the overreactions on this thread, woe betide anyone who doesn't conform.

And even if they don't keep quiet because they genuinely just don't care, so what? What business is that of anyone else's? There are no shortage of tragedies to remember and be affected by, but it makes no sense to try to bully everyone else into feeling the same. For example, why a minute's silence for 9/11, and not for 1,000,000 killed under Suharto, or Rwanda, or in the Boxing Day Tsunami? Grief and remembrance are personal things that you can't impose on others.

There's an irony in pointing out that people died to protect freedom, but at the same time suggesting we brutalise others when they exercise that freedom.

There are plenty of ways in which somebody can show support for the existing armed forces, if that's what you choose. Keeping quiet for two minutes is only one of them.