Can we no longer have a one or two minute's silence?

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  1. Mr Badger

    Mr Badger Well-Known Member

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    The Nice memorial is a happy clappy event.
    Can't wait for the Queen to lead applause on Remembrance Sunday. Just shows that nowadays people haven't got a clue how to stay silent for any length of time.
    I suppose though whilst they're clapping they are not looking at their feckin mobile to see if anybody is slagging them off on social media !
     
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    They had a minutes silence earlier today
     
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    I was totally disgusted by that

    as far as I am concerned it was disrespectful to the dead of Nice... and I believe Isis will be pissing themselves.
     
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    Depending on the country, they have different ways of showing respect.

    Let's not get hung up because they differ from us.
     
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    Re: I was totally disgusted by that

    Wait until football season when someone who last went 30 years ago but has a picture of them with Johnny Steele dies aged 83 and there are pleas for minutes applause on 83 mins. Just Clap all at last home game
     
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    Personally I hate appraise. However I'm an old codger, aNd times have changed.
     
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    The French are very similar to us in the respect of a minutes silence. There seems to have been a recent shift towards replacing silence with applause. I can see circumstances when applause is acceptable but today was not one of them.
     
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    But they DID have a silence today. I witnessed it. A minutes silence. 100% definitely.

    They've also had applause and 'celebrations' to show that no terrorist will stop them up enjoying themselves
     
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    Fair enough, I only saw the applause.
     
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    Watching the Catalans v wildcats rugby league match Saturday they played the French national anthem then had a minutes silence
     
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