Minutes silences for particular events....

~~Gareth Brown~~ · 06-09-2009, 08:21 PM

Shouldn't be enforced imo. Do you agree?

**Janszoon** · 06-09-2009, 08:26 PM

What are "minutes silences"?

~~Gareth Brown~~ · 06-09-2009, 08:27 PM

When you are forced to sit in silence for a minute to honor a particular event i.e. on september 11th alot of workplaces and schools will make everyone sit in silence for at least a minute to commemorate the lives lost.

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Are you talking about a moment of silence.
If so do you not think it would be particularly disrespectful toward anyone whom such silences might hold some meaning? Is it not too much to ask to shut up for 10 seconds out of respect for someone else?

If these events are meaningful to them then they can deal with that that their own way in the comfort of their own homes, i don't wish to have to sit in silence and supposedly honor something that i may not have strong feelings about.

**Janszoon** · 06-09-2009, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Gareth Brown

When you are forced to sit in silence for a minute to honor a particular event i.e. on september 11th alot of workplaces and schools will make everyone sit in silence for at least a minute to commemorate the lives lost.

I've never heard of any workplace doing that but I understand the concept. So you're complaining about not speaking for one minute? How old are you?

Antonio · 06-10-2009, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I've never heard of any workplace doing that but I understand the concept. So you're complaining about not speaking for one minute? How old are you?

haha that's what i was thinking

SATCHMO · 06-09-2009, 08:27 PM

Are you talking about a moment of silence.
If so do you not think it would be particularly disrespectful toward anyone whom such silences might hold some meaning? Is it not too much to ask to shut up for 10 seconds out of respect for someone else?

SATCHMO · 06-09-2009, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Gareth Brown

If these events are meaningful to them then they can deal with that that their own way in the comfort of their own homes, i don't wish to have to sit in silence and supposedly honor something that i may not have strong feelings about.

Yes because its all about you being inconvenienced and not about publicly honoring someones life or death through respectful silence. Get a life.

~~Gareth Brown~~ · 06-09-2009, 08:36 PM

What if their life or death means nothing to me? What if i support the reason that they died? I'm not saying i don't want minutes silences because it inconviniences me, i just don't want to be forced into acknolding respect for something i do not respect.

**Janszoon** · 06-09-2009, 08:42 PM

Oh man you know what I hate? Waiting at a green light for a funeral to pass by. I mean, like, I probably didn't know the person or anything, why should I have to sit at a light for like a whole minute?

~~Gareth Brown~~ · 06-09-2009, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

Oh man you know what I hate? Waiting at a green light for a funeral to pass by. I mean, like, I probably didn't know the person or anything, why should I have to sit at a light for like a whole minute?

Not remotely the same thing. A moments silence is forced upon you rather than something passing by that you have to briefly endure and it tangles you with a particular cause or event and assumes your regret that said event took place.

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

Respect for the dead is respect for the dead. It doesn't matter if your personal politics or beliefs don't align with those of the bereaved. You honor their feelings and sense of loss regardless and know they would do the same for you. There's no means of justifying showing a lack of respect toward someone that has suffered a loss through tragedy, no matter how "right" you are in your beliefs.

Nah i don't agree with that. I don't want to be instructed on how i should honor a particular event and if i supported the cause then i supported the deaths, not having a moments silence doesn't mean that i have been disrespectful either. And frankly i don't agree with respect for the dead in all circumstances. Theres many people that i would be pretty happy to see meet a swift death.

06-09-2009, 08:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
~~Gareth Brown~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 295	Minutes silences for particular events.... Shouldn't be enforced imo. Do you agree?

06-09-2009, 08:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	What are "minutes silences"? __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

06-09-2009, 08:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Oh man you know what I hate? Waiting at a green light for a funeral to pass by. I mean, like, I probably didn't know the person or anything, why should I have to sit at a light for like a whole minute? __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

06-09-2009, 08:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	Are you talking about a moment of silence. If so do you not think it would be particularly disrespectful toward anyone whom such silences might hold some meaning? Is it not too much to ask to shut up for 10 seconds out of respect for someone else?

06-09-2009, 08:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
~~Gareth Brown~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 295	What if their life or death means nothing to me? What if i support the reason that they died? I'm not saying i don't want minutes silences because it inconviniences me, i just don't want to be forced into acknolding respect for something i do not respect.