Here comes the forced 2 mins silence BS

[GreenLabel]

I did that, I was complaining about the whole falseness of it. Never mind its over for another year.

No you weren't. You were bitching that your rights were being trampled on because you were forced to quit your incessant yapping for two minutes. Where did you mention that you think it's false?

[russell]

No you weren't. You were bitching that your rights were being trampled on because you were forced to quit your incessant yapping for two minutes. Where did you mention that you think it's false?

Read my posts its all in there brother.

[minestrone]

I usually head out the office when these things go on, can't really be arsed with the whole 'let's look serious while reading what is on my screen' nonsense. Personally I find the whole post Diana 'must look more respectful than the people next to me' slightly unnerving and I am sure most clients just arrange the whole thing to cover their arses from bad press.

[d000hg]

Silence requires everybody to participate. If you decide to "quietly have a chat" there is no silence, only the sound of your jibber jabber.

No. Each person should be spending the time contemplating why they're being silent, not checking everyone else is doing the same. It's supposed to mean something, not be like when you do praying at a school assembly.

Why not? 1 Corinthians 9:20, 1 Peter 2:16

Matthew 6:5-6 is more my thinking. These public displays are as much about being seen to do the right thing as anything else.

[mudskipper]

I wonder how many 'the bobs were talking all the way through it' replies this thread gets.

This.

[MaryPoppins]

Those that don't want to take two mins to reflect on the sacrifices of others don't have to. But it wouldn't hurt them to STFU for 120 seconds out of respect for their colleagues in the same work area that do.

Precisely - it's about respect. Either respect for those killed, or if not that, respect for those around you who wish to take part. If you can't have either, then you're a dicksplash.

[doodab]

No. Each person should be spending the time contemplating why they're being silent, not checking everyone else is doing the same. It's supposed to mean something, not be like when you do praying at a school assembly.

One doesn't need to "check everyone else is doing the same" because it's blindingly obvious when they are not, and it makes the intended quiet contemplation impossible.

There is a big difference between being silent for two minutes and two minutes of silence.

[Doggy Styles]

Don't get it, do you? It's not about being silent. If you don't want to keep the silence for your own expression of respect and a moment of reflection, you could at least respect other people's desire to do so. It's not like 2 minutes is going to spoil your whole day - but you may well have spoiled someone else's.

Too much of this country is damaged by people's blind insistence on their right to do as they damn well please and sod everyone else. The OP's atitude is just one more expression of it.

[Old Greg]

Precisely - it's about respect. Either respect for those killed, or if not that, respect for those around you who wish to take part. If you can't have either, then you're a dicksplash.

+1. I dislike remembrance day more and more each year, but it's a bit mean-spririted not to respect those for whom it means something.

[GreenLabel]

+1. I dislike remembrance day more and more each year, but it's a bit mean-spririted not to respect those for whom it means something.

Why do you dislike it?