RE: FN-FORUM: OT 2 minute silence

date posted 14th July 2005 12:37

I must say, I'm not good at this sort of things usually, remembering a 2
minute silence isn't my thing. But, I was on the street at 12, only
coincidence, and did notice that it was packed with people, not knowing why.
Has anyone had the same experience as me ? at 12 on the spot, all noise and
movement stopped at once, the cars stopped, people stopped talking, even
walking, and for 2 little minute, life stood still. My experience of this
event has been surreal, never seen anything like this before, and will
hopefully never have to see it again (well, doubt it actually). It sort of
changed my mind about the all ting, I was never in favour of such dramatic yet
rather useless action in the past, but I was deeply moved by what I
experienced today, especially since I didn't expect it at all.

Quoting Karl Bunyan [EMAIL REMOVED]

>
> 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
>
>
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