Minute silence Wednesday ??

Spot on mate

 

Best post tonight mate well said




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Roy I've got a little girl aged 7 and the thought of anything happening to her breaks my heart......we live in a world where bad news is now common place but it dosen't stop acts of affection from the general public to pay there condolences in such sad incidents especially so close to home

 

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I think ever since Princess Di passed mourning has changed in the UK. When I lost my grandfather it was a very private time for family. My grandmother kept the curtains shut until after the funeral. Gradually we've reached the situation where people have become so egotistic they feel that they must make a contribution. Remember Jade Goody? The stupid, pig-faced racist? Remember how she suddenly became revered when it turned out she had cancer? I remember some people calling her an inspiration. I remember after the Sandy Hook massacre seeing Facebook posts where people whined about how badly it had affected THEM. 3000 miles away. Yes it's sad, yes I wish it hadn't happened, but my feelings are irrelevant, and so is what is ultimately an empty, self-gratifying gesture.

Or summat.

 

Exactly Rob, it's heartbreaking to think how that poor little lad died, I can't even begin to think what the family are going through at this awful time, it's a minute out of our lives to show he's in our thoughts.

 

And would you let your 7 year old child go out of the house in the evening with God knows who and without supervision, or just on their own? ???

 

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I can't agree with this at all.

By honouring one death, you dishonour many more by not showing them the same respect. I also dont agree with a minutes applause for a fan that died, when I've never met them. What are you applauding? You can't say it's in remembrance of their life, as you have no idea what their life was like. People will say things like "clapping multiple times a game wouldnt hurt anyone if theirs more than one death in a week", but then it loses all meaning, and it's a case of people clapping because the person next to them is.

Call me heartless if you want, I don't give a $hit

 

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Are you saying there shouldn't be any applause or silence then?

 

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You dont have to applaud, but you know there's a little thing called respect, it doesn't take a lot to show a little from time to time.

 

I don't see how you can point fingers at the parents; they let there little boy play out like countless other parents but it ended tragically. It was an accident that could have happened earlier and to be fair it wasn't exactly late when they raised the alarm.

I think it's grossly unfair to be questioning the parents decision making.

 

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Guess reading this thread you notice that the me first me last culture is a live and kicking. Thatches generation of look after no 1 and bugger everybody else gains momentum......

what ever happened to the word respect, and forgiveness.... unfortunately some on here dont understand the words, let alone put it into them in to practice.

In hindsight we can all be perfect parents.

The fact the parents are now living under a life time sentence of regret and sorrow, is punishment enough with out key board warriors passing judgement om their action and choices.....creating further pain on a family united in grief.

no i dont know the family but i do acknoledge that out of respect i should keep my comments to a degree of if i havent got a good word to say then say nothing at all and allow the family to mourn in peace at such a painful time

no matter what the choice of respect wednesday the actual moment and act choosen shows the family that we the folk of barnsley feel their pain ( those with a heart do ) and are therefore sending them our thoughts by way of the said act choosen.

Some should hang their own head in shame., i know for one i wont be

 

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Very good point. However a good number here basically infer they can't be bothered to show respect for this tragic case and more over anyone else who has been chosen for respect by applause or silence either. If that is where we are at and we can't show respect and unity to tragic situations then how the hell can we come together for the lesser priorities in life tsuch as supporting our football team. I think football is a way to unite our community and a way to channel that communities respect. How many other platforms in barnsley offer this?

 

Surely we cannot have a minutes silence for everybody that passes in Barnsley.

A number of clubs do a minutes silence / applause at the end of the season for everybody who died over the last year and I personally think that's the best way.

 

I think a minutes silence should only be observed twice a year, November, and last home game of the year, before which all the Reds season ticket holders that's departed us that calendar year have their names read out along with past players, rest of the time I think a minutes clapping in the first minute of the game would be fine .

 

Nobody is asking for everyone to get one. Some situations seem naturally oriented to it, some not. On topic, for me this does.

 

try telling that to the next grieving family, death is an awful thing whatever its form and is a raw emotive subject for the families involved.

 

Really, who's fault is it then, schools for having such long holidays and weekends off?

Yes, it is TRAGIC, I said that earlier in a post, but I will ask you, would you let such a young child out at that time without knowing where and who they were going with? I certainly didn't with my kids. Or are things different these days?

 

Think about this potential scenario:

The parents know that he's going to locke park, and know the friends he's going with, and he has got a mobile phone. He's due home at 5 for his tea, he doesn't get home, so they go out looking for him, looking for 3 hours but cant find him, so raise the alarms at 8PM.

How can you blame the parents for that? Not saying it's true, but don't be so quick with the pitchforks.

 

Are you for real? Did you never play out as a kid or were you only allowed out under the supervision of your parents. How do you know he didn't tell them he was somewhere but go somewhere else (kids tell porkies). He went out and had an accident, a tragic accident but the parents cannot be blamed for letting him go out. I used to go out as a kid and I went off all over the place but it was all part of growing up - you were statistically no more likely to be killed in the 70's that you are now so why the paranoia these days? From the facts that have been released I don't think they have done anything wrong.

 

To be last seen in Locke park suggests he made his way home alone.