drivers didnt stop! people carried on talking and walking! no respect at all. The oldies talk about the youngsters having no respect, today it seemed the other way around. What do you think?
2006-07-07 01:01:06 · 25 answers · asked by free33262 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Yes, sad very sad. Glad someone else noticed.
2006-07-13 13:06:44 · answer #1 · answered by CottonPatch 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ok, Iv seen both sides, and its interesting. Im undecided exept for what one of you said. We should all respect it in our own way. I personally was half asleep in front of the tv and only just kinda heard it so i didnt have a choice on being silent.
The thing that strikes me the most is where have all the other silences gone. We would be silent for a year to think of the amount of bombs the ira had set off in london.
And stop calling it 7/7. We dont live in america. We arnt driven by the media frenzy (I bloody hope not anyway). we have never been a dramatic people and to compare this to 9/11 is silly.
Terrorists have ALWAYS been around. Always will be. They are human after all. Like you. Just like you before some soldiers blew your house up anyway. Either that or a burning hate for those who pull the strings. I guess they are just a little misguided.
but noone listens unless u put a gun in their face. Not many ppl here do. Sheeeep. Baaaa baaaa baaaa.
So the silence is not a disgrace. Just dont expect me to be silent like everyone else (but those little neds do need a kicking)
2006-07-11 14:46:20 · answer #2 · answered by roujinz3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I didnt bother.
Why should we be quiet for those that died last year when we are not silent for those that died in Omargh or Manchester or The Falklands, hardly anyone bothers with 11/11 anymore and 7/7 pales into insignificance against something like that. And what about the hundred or so people that were blown up in Atocha Station-Madrid, just because they dont live in our capital doesnt mean their lives didnt mean as much but we didnt have 2 minutes for them. Cripes 250,000 people were killed by a wave last boxing day and I expect the vast majority of the population were having a good old chin wag and a laugh with grandma whilst drinking sherry and eating turkey sandwiches at the same time this boxing day.
Its unfortunate that people die but thats life. There is no silence for the soldiers that are dying at the hands of the governments' policies. They are no less innocent than those that voted for the government that sent us to war that resulted in killings on our own ground.
I'm not interested in going out of my way for people that died that I dont know or care about in what I would call an insignificant event. Its not my concern and it seems that just about everybody else out there doesent show any concern about other people unless they die in an incident that the papers use for improving sales. A few people getting bombed in London was just a blip as far as the horrible things that go on in the world. And if you only read the daily mail you probably joined in the silence thing. Have a think about the 1.2million people that died in Somalia during the genocide a couple of years ago. Have you been silent for them also....didnt think so...strange that....
2006-07-07 01:31:57 · answer #3 · answered by BigBoy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally observed the silence today, but it is very hard in this day and age to stop absolutely everything. Also, people can remember in their own ways, I don't think that silences of remembrance should be forced on people, they are just a way for those who want to to show their respect. Don't be so judgemental.
By the way, can I just ask, do you observe the two mins at 11am on the 11tn November every year? Very few people do, and that is to remember the MILLIONS who went in to battle and died to keep this country free. Virtually no-one stops for that any more, which I personally think is a disgrace, but there you go, each to their own.
2006-07-07 01:08:59 · answer #4 · answered by peggy*moo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If people did not know about the silence or were unavoidably doing something else I think that's OK. But if, as many of the correspondents imply, people were purposefully ignoring the silence, I do think that IS disrespectful. In answer to the person who said why don't we have silences for all our wars (ie Falklands etc), well I think we do. On 11th Nov @ 11:00am we hold the commeration for all the wars though WW1 and WW2 are the ones most people think of.
2006-07-07 03:04:35 · answer #5 · answered by cognito44 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The silence itself is a traditional gesture of respect for those that have passed; the fact that there were those that may have chosen not to honor that silence may be a little disconcerting to some, but it is a freedom-of-choice issue. Perhaps they chose to observe the anniversary of 7/7 in their own way, and possibly they might feel that any special notice of the events of one year ago will simply re-open the scars and the emotions that the bombings caused. You can't force others to do the same thing that you think is right - just bow your head and remember the ones that fell in your own way.
2006-07-07 01:16:20 · answer #6 · answered by emmbee1962 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why did we even have the silence? It was a stupid idea. 50 people died 365 days ago. Big deal. Another 50 people died whilst some people were observing the silence. Not to mention the 121 dead on the Russian airplane that crashed on Monday, and the 45 who died on the plane that crashed in Pakistan on Tuesday.
I save my two-minutes of respect for 11th November, for the millions who have given their lives in service. Not some politically self-promoting staged event without meaning...
2006-07-14 00:40:07 · answer #7 · answered by demnity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real disgrace is that despite the obvious threat that Islam poses to the western world with over 3000 infidel murders in 20 years the Government continues favouring immigration from Islamic countries.
What is the point of respecting as minutes silence if we house and give benefits; thus sponsor those who plan to murder us infidels? Since last year how many more Islamics have entered Britain to continue the Jihad against their host?
2006-07-07 08:17:57 · answer #8 · answered by Matt B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i think it was. i was in a maths lesson and the teacher did not even tell us 2 do a 2 minutes silence but i did. i mean those people died 4 no reason. at the least they deserve some respect. we should have had a 2 minute silence where every1 stopped what they were doing and paid some damn respect
2006-07-11 09:44:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
im 18 years of age so i guess im giving a youngsters perspective on it, what happend to all them victims last years was...well there is now words to describe it, my heart does go out to all their families. but how i see it is the english govenment does not care about its citizens (its not as if the silence was advertised as well as others) what was mr blair doing yesterday celebrating that it was a year since we were told we are hosting the olympics - i think he should have given a statement telling people to remember all of the victms of 7/7. as for the oldies i am quite surprise but at the same time they are really being treated as though they are not important to our society even though most of their husbands, fathers and brothers died for this country.
2006-07-07 01:33:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm afraid I had a less positive experience of youngsters - I was at Chessington World of Adventures Theme Pk today and to their credit they stopped all the rides etc and the silence was observed pretty well except for a couple of teenage kids who were singing & swearing during it
2006-07-07 06:49:58 · answer #11 · answered by daveheez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋