for a minute at 11 O clock? and if they do will they know what it is for?
2006-11-10 20:15:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
By the way that is today.
2006-11-10 20:20:44 · update #1
I was in a supermarket a few years back on 11/11, and just before eleven they made the announcement that in a minutes' time it would be 11.00am etc. Come 11, they sounded the 'ding-dong' and everybody - yes EVERYBODY stood still and silent except for one young woman who continued filling her trolley and letting her four year old scream his head off (as usual) all the time.
Come 11.02, I was the first to have a go - loudly - at the ignorant cow, and she turned out to be an awfully posh woman, and as soon as other customers heard the way she was speaking they all joined in and we had such a really smashing time chastising her that in the end she just fled from the shop!
I bet she observes AND understands the two minute silence nowadays !
I'm the last one in to any kind of religion, but I still observe the silence in remembrance of those who fought and those who died on my behalf so that I could be writing this now in the comfort of my home.
2006-11-10 21:31:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I always stay silent at 11 0 Clock on Armistice Day and for two minutes the reason to remember all those who gave the ultimate sacrifice not just in the Two World Wars but in all conflicts after all if it wasn't for them we wouldn't have the freedom to write this
2006-11-11 01:09:58 · answer #2 · answered by carolyn g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As ex army I feel it is up to the individual because if they have no idea why they are doing it, then its an empty gesture and not respect. My father was in the navy for 5 years of WW2 and we recently dicovered we can claim a medal he earned on the Russian convoys - the government after many years decided this savage struggle was a campaign and struck a medal for those who were involved. I can see why veterans and others want a special day to commemorate those who sacrificed so much. However perhaps we need to be more concerned than ever after Rememberance Day with our servce personnel 's current deployments in insufficient numbers and without the kit to do the job the politicians are demanding of them. Chavs? I suspect we always have and always will have a section of society who abuse the freedoms that others died to defend.
2006-11-10 22:29:31 · answer #3 · answered by william john l 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very few, I imagine - and where have all the poppy sellers gone? Whatever your political views, it is boorish and ignorant not to consider and respect the great sacrifice of servicemen who died for this country - sad to say - but I think alot of it is to do with the fact that the two world wars are now slipping out of living memory - if any of these people had experienced the horrors of living through a war in your own homeland then they wouldn't be so quick to forget.
2006-11-10 20:28:07 · answer #4 · answered by Miss Behavin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Armistice 1918.
2016-05-22 04:47:48 · answer #5 · answered by Deborah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Miss Behavin - many poppy sellers are old and either can't do it any more or have died since last year. The British Legion needs young volunteers to help keep raising funds for the vets.
2006-11-10 20:35:55 · answer #6 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I very much doubt they will, it's sickening to see how many people have no respect anymore by not observing silences and vandalising war memorials.
2006-11-10 20:25:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sickens me that the majority of people can't even be bothered to chuck 20p in a tin for a poppy. And I don't just mean those of an ethnic persuasion.
2006-11-10 20:27:56 · answer #8 · answered by Ben631 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
All of them. They will all be in bed from the night before!
Oh, and by the way, its two minutes
2006-11-12 01:45:43 · answer #9 · answered by Vulture38 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This world has no respect for all those who tried their best!!!
2006-11-10 20:37:25 · answer #10 · answered by Lisa P 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋