RE: FN-FORUM: OT 2 minute silence

date posted 14th July 2005 12:26

James Cutts wrote:
> Come on Paul, that sounds pretty childish to me. No ones telling you
> how to act.
> Perhaps if you lived in London you'd have more of an appreciation of
> events.
> J

I'm with Paul on this one (but wasn't going to stir things up), but just
because he Paul doesn't want to follow Ken Livingstone's suggestion to stand
outside doesn't mean he doesn't have an appreciation for what happened. As I
recall it was 3 minutes silence for the 9/11 attacks - does that make it 50%
more important? Or does standing outside swing the balance? As far as I'm
concerned (and it is just my opinion) it's the silence and contemplation
that's the important thing not the duration nor any other gimmick that is
supposed to distinguish one act of rememberance from another.

And I do live in London.

Karl