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11 o'clock 11 November 2010
beamers
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I know the issue of poppies was discussed on here a couple of days ago but what happened where you were yesterday at 1100 and how did you mark the moment, if at all?

Me, I stood outside the office with a large group of people at 1100, each of us Remembering the fallen and their families.

Posted 14 years ago

richmtb
Full Member

At my office we were starting an all staff meeting at 11.00 but we took the time to observe the 2 minutes silence before the meeting started properly

Posted 14 years ago

yunki
Free Member

At home… unaware of the event.. If I had been aware of it I would have chosen not to mark the occasion..

Posted 14 years ago

TheFunkyMonkey
Free Member

Nice

Posted 14 years ago

freddyg
Free Member

In the office, at my desk; a couple of minutes of quiet contemplation.

Yunki, please expand?

Posted 14 years ago

ton
Full Member

we all stood in the shop for 2 mins silence……even 2 customers.

Posted 14 years ago

Edric64
Free Member

At home… unaware of the event.. If I had been aware of it I would have chosen not to mark the occasion..

As a pacifist?

Posted 14 years ago

emsz
Free Member

I only just remembered tbh, spent a moment reflecting on all the victims of wars. There was a phone going off somewhere which was a bit shit

Posted 14 years ago

yunki
Free Member

I guess as a pacisfist of sorts yes..
As a child I observed the two minutes silence and often had a little cry as I thought about the bravery of our soldiers and the suffering that they endured for us..

Unfortunately now I too often think of injustices that are perpetrated by Western governments using our armed forces as a tool.. and that saddens me for all the wrong reasons..

Posted 14 years ago

Edric64
Free Member

I do see your point I think the 2 minutes is for the dead servicemen though not the rights or wrongs of why they have been sent into action.I will still honour the 2 minute silence and wear a poppy in their memory

Posted 14 years ago

McHamish
Free Member

But then the two minutes silence isn’t intended to indicate your support for the decisions or reasons for going to war…it’s to remember the sacrifice that soldiers have made over the course of many wars.

But if you’re happy to not mark the occasion, and you feel this is an approprioate protest then that’s your choice.

Posted 14 years ago

Kevevs
Free Member

stood outside ASDA , silently listening with disdain as one shopper was asking me “why’s it shut? I wanna do my shopping, blah blah”. Plently of oblivious customers still busying themselves, most standing still though. It struck me how people fall into line and copy others, I’m sure some people stopped and stood in silence, just cos others were.

Posted 14 years ago

missingfrontallobe
Free Member

At home, observed 2 minutes silence with the dog (!).

Will attend Sunday’s Remembrance day service as son is in cubs and they’ve all been called up for church parade – first time in many years that I’ll actually have attended the sunday service though.

Whether someone chooses to observe the 2 minutes silence or not is personal choice, however they should always consider that it is the sacrifice of soldiers in generations past that means we are still able to speak & demonstrate freely – I wonder how many of those students observed the two minutes silence as it is those sacrifices that let them run amok through London the day before?

Posted 14 years ago

beamers
Full Member

Servicemen and women are still exhibiting the same amounts of bravery and suffering as they always have. We have the fantastic efforts of today’s media to thank for exposing the reasons why our service personnel are fighting wars.

Posted 14 years ago

TandemJeremy
Free Member

At home. a little quiet contemplation for all the dead of all the wars. From the Tommy in the trenches to the Iraqi conscripts in the sand

A special thought for the WW2 veterans I have looked after. From the man on the Atlantic convoys to the Doctor who landed on the D Day beaches and the others I have met

Wrong or right, what side you are on don’t matter when you are dead

Posted 14 years ago

yunki
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Servicemen and women are still exhibiting the same amounts of bravery and suffering as they always have. We have the fantastic efforts of today’s media to thank for exposing the reasons why our service personnel are fighting wars.

I understand this.. and it only strengthens my resolve..

I have also protested in the past in my own small way by not choosing a career as a serviceman..

Posted 14 years ago

kinda666
Free Member

I was at work yesterday, I left one train outside the station at Wolverhampton and waited till 1102 to let the one go on platform 4, before bringing the other one in!
Station staff also adheared to the 2 minutes silence too! Felt good! 🙂

Posted 14 years ago

McHamish
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As people are pointing out, it’s about all victims of war, from the soldiers through to the children killed by a misguided bomb.

You could wear a white poppy…it signifies a preference to look for peace rather than solving problems through war.

Posted 14 years ago

yunki
Free Member

You could wear a white poppy…it signifies a preference to look for peace rather than solving problems through war.

that’s definitely an option that I would consider in the future.. thanks for the heads up.

Posted 14 years ago

miketually
Free Member

The bell rang and my class went silent.

Apart from one lad wearing headphones who continued to type; the lad next to him tapped him on the arm and he stopped typing straight away.

Perfect silence for two minutes till the bell rang again.

Posted 14 years ago

crankboy
Free Member

I was in court representing a man accused of headbutting a soldier on leave in an argument over casualties in Afghanistan.

Despite suggesting we not start the case till after the silence the court insisted in starting at ten to 11 I got about two sentences out when the Two mins started and we all stopped and stood with bowed heads.

While I have issues about the Poppy Appeal I feel we all owe it to those who have fallen to actively remember them. The two minutes is a truly poignant way of doing that..

Posted 14 years ago

CharlieMungus
Free Member

however they should always consider that it is the sacrifice of soldiers in generations past that means we are still able to speak & demonstrate freely

But in my homeland, the British fought and died, precisely to stop my people from exactly that. However, I still think we should remember them too.

Posted 14 years ago

esselgruntfuttock
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We had 2 mins silence at work, announced over the radio net, & for a prison it was fairly quiet. We usually get some numpty saying ‘JT from Quebec 7, permission to move a fork lift truck from (A to B)’ etc.

Posted 14 years ago

intode_void
Free Member

‘The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.’ I agree with the second part.

Posted 14 years ago

iain1775
Free Member

In Debenhams in Derby listening to Blinda Carlisle’s ‘Heaven is a place on earth’
actually I wasnt I was at work but how inappropriate!

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Store-music-played-11am-tribute/article-2881520-detail/article.html

Posted 14 years ago

CharlieMungus
Free Member

I’m reminded of Mark 2:27

Posted 14 years ago

trailertrash
Full Member

I’m reminded of Mark 2:27

I’m not. Enlighten me… 🙂

Posted 14 years ago

mamadirt
Free Member

Perfect silence in our class too – all 3 and 4 year olds. Explained that it was a special day and we were going to take a minute to think about all the people who’d been hurt.

Posted 14 years ago

matthewjb
Free Member

CharlieMungus – Member
I’m reminded of Mark 2:27

27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.

Not sure I get what you’re driving at.

Posted 14 years ago

gog
Free Member

At home, used the good old beeb to get the timing, stood with bowed head to remember all the dead and injured of armed conflict. But especially to remember a colleague killed in Northern Ireland.

Posted 14 years ago

kevonakona
Free Member

At work/school, we had a service remembering all the 3500+ pupils, ex-pupils and staff who fought in both WW. from the 17 yo piper on the somme to the brothers who died within a month of each other in 603 squadron. End of the two minutes marked by a pipers lament.

A few damp eyes and thoughtful faces.

Posted 14 years ago

gordonb
Free Member

at work, at my desk… quiet.

I always think, that the silence is in honour of the poor souls who fought and died for your right to decide whether to remember them or not. It’s not if you believe in what the government says is their justification for being there, just the poor souls who’s final breath was in a muddy field, the other side of the world from their loved ones, standing up for us! Just my opinion!

Posted 14 years ago