Re: FN-FORUM: OT 2 minute silence

date posted 14th July 2005 13:14

amen.
And those of you that didnt obsever the silence - bully for you.
I hope you feel proud for standing up against conformity, you
ridiculous people.

On 14 Jul 2005, at 13:07, [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:

>
> 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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