Nationwide Minute Silence For Tunisian Victims.

[Gromit]

Why?

[mazie]

To show respect for those that died Gromit

[Baldric]

I've reported it for sheer stupidity!

[bookbinder]

Who has suggested it?

[Canary42]

David Cameron

[Canary42]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33313103

[ummmm]

Why not? I don't think you're obliged to observe it.

[Mamyalynne]

I cannot quite believe the question needs asking.

[Bathsheba]

I think it's an excellent idea.

[237SJ]

It`s probably because there were a large number of fatalities. They`re doing the same for the 10 yr 7/7 bombings.

[Bathsheba]

Now THIS is the way to show respect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN05jVNBs64

[dannyk13]

Might not all the victims of terrorism be included with those remembered on Remembrance Day?

[Mamyalynne]

I would say so Danny - it is symbolic and as said when on such a scale the shock-waves travel far.


Anyone who feels it unwarranted or unnecessary can choose to ignore it, their right to do so.

[jno]

I don't know that people deserve respect just for being killed by a gunman. Sympathy, or monetary compensation, may be appropriate in some cases; but I don't know what "respect" means in this context.

[Mamyalynne]

Misunderstood your post Danny - I meant on Friday we can include all victims of such atrocities including the latest in Tunisia.

[mushroom25]

// I don't know what "respect" means //

in today's speak, "respect" (pronounced respeck) is generally held to be a synonym for "fear of". ie giving respect to the man with a gun.

[Gromit]

//
Yet this is where events like this week’s Tunisian silence take us. To reach this point we must ask, what was it about these lives that deserve this particular mark of respect, and not others? Do we bow our heads in silence because a certain numerical threshold has been passed? If so, what are we saying about those who died in smaller numbers? Or in less eye-catching circumstances? “Sorry, but your passing was not spectacular or troubling enough for strangers to mark your time in this life.” //

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11708999/Do-we-need-a-minutes-silence-to-mourn-those-killed-in-the-Tunisian-attack.html

[Canary42]

What about a few seconds to consider the 5,000 children worldwide who died from malnutrition on the same day.

Oh, that's different, it happens every day.

[Mamyalynne]

'A mark of respect' means to observe, to mark an occasion - I cannot say I respect Mr Y or Miss Z because I did not know them.

I can contemplate their terrible end as they went about an ordinary day in their lives and think of their families grief.