Bristolhibby Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Thoughts? http://news.sky.com/story/1510328/nationwide-silence-for-tunisia-attack-victims J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 You stay silent for 1 minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoo Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 My thoughts are: away to with this pish. Minutes silence. Ffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest flumax Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Not for me, but folk who feel the need, go knock yourself out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Not for me, but folk who feel the need, go knock yourself out. This. More people die in other parts of the world every day but where's there minutes silence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolhibby Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 I'm not one for state deciding when I grieve or remember dead. I get the sentiment, just not really for me. Chances are I'm out and about on Friday in London so I'll see what happens. J Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenfrewBlue Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Not for me, but folk who feel the need, go knock yourself out.This.I feel for the people that have lost loved ones but I'm not into this synchronised grieving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus_Young Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 No minutes applause? They are all the rage these days. Agree with the comments btw, needless although if folks feel the need then fair play to them. No harm in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 FFS. There are Scottish folk deed. One minute out your life isn't going to kill you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzoal Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Are Scottish folk you don't know more important or of more value than people of other nationalities that you don't know? FFS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Not needed at all. It's over the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 People can do their own thing. Its a national tragedy. In other countries national days of mourning are held for similar incidents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I don't watch the news so had only vaguely heard of this atrocity - the wife was up to high dough about it though, she is scared to go on holiday and has started to hate Islam with a passion. Job done as far as the press and government is concerned. The more you fear, the easier you are to control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan cake Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Are Scottish folk you don't know more important or of more value than people of other nationalities that you don't know? FFS. aye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Of Paisley Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 This kind of stuff has been the norm since Princess Diana died. We are almost becoming obsessive grief junkies thanks to the Government. I lost a relative on Piper Alpha in 1988 but don't remember a clamour for national mourning then. And why should there have been? Best let people show respect in their own ways rather than being almost strongarmed into it. I'll be en route to Spain on holiday but by all means if Glasgow Airport falls silent then of course I'll be one of those taking a minute of reflection. But I do feel it is over the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Stay quiet for a minute. It's not exactly hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Another example of the need to wear grief like a badge of honour. I sometimes feel like things like this are more about showing people you are grieving/respecting rather than the actual act itself. It's the same when they have minutes silences at football for things that have no place being there. Out of interest, was there a nationwide silence for the people tragically killed in George Square or the Clutha? Not trying to turn this in to a Scotland/England/Britain thing but these are the 2 biggest tragedies I can remember recently outwith Tunisia and I don't recall it happening then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Another example of the need to wear grief like a badge of honour. I sometimes feel like things like this are more about showing people you are grieving/respecting rather than the actual act itself. I'm not sure how big a role social media plays in this phenomenon? Or if it's just a vehicle for it? The only ones worse than the grief junkies are the ones who make it all about themselves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 When is it, and how long will it last? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 It's not exactly hard. I think that depends on circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenfrewBlue Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 This kind of stuff has been the norm since Princess Diana died. We are almost becoming obsessive grief junkies thanks to the Government. I lost a relative on Piper Alpha in 1988 but don't remember a clamour for national mourning then. And why should there have been? Best let people show respect in their own ways rather than being almost strongarmed into it. I'll be en route to Spain on holiday but by all means if Glasgow Airport falls silent then of course I'll be one of those taking a minute of reflection. But I do feel it is over the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newtownards Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Up to the individual. .... I'm pretty sure I won't observe it...... but, What's the big deal if folk are happy to observe it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Bob Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Another example of the need to wear grief like a badge of honour. I sometimes feel like things like this are more about showing people you are grieving/respecting rather than the actual act itself. It's the same when they have minutes silences at football for things that have no place being there. Out of interest, was there a nationwide silence for the people tragically killed in George Square or the Clutha? Not trying to turn this in to a Scotland/England/Britain thing but these are the 2 biggest tragedies I can remember recently outwith Tunisia and I don't recall it happening then. The government and press don't have an agenda against police helicopter pilots / bin men, if anything they support them, but they are desperate to big up the fear factor from overseas terrorism. What happened in Tunisia is a tragedy, but the purpose of the national minutes silence is as much to stoke fear as to show respect, imho. Win-win for the government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I think its one of these cases where the government is damned if they do and damned if they don't. As far as comparisons with the Clutha and George Square are concerned, I think the difference is the scale and the circumstances. I'll give the UK government the big benefit of the doubt here and reckon they would defer to Holyrood in those cases and I don't think the clamor for national public mourning really isn't in the Scottish psyche - if such a thing exists - responses tend to be on a more personal and local level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipped flake Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 with the majority on here, I just don't like synchronised mourning where people try and outdo each other to show how much they care. I will be playing football on Friday so doesn't matter to me and I would never intentionally disrupt a silence but the whole thing doesn't sit well with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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