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Minute of "silence".
bpyoung
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I see the board was closed out of respect for the people killed in the WTC. How about 10 minutes of silence for the thousands of civillians killed by US forces in Iraq?
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It was also a wierd time to have the minutes silence.2008 Comping ChallengeWon so far - £3010 Needed - £230Debt free since Oct 20040
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Thats the second Silence ive came across today Ladbrokes did a 2 minute silence at 12 noon
And quite right too as it was a sad day for all who were affected0 -
black-saturn wrote:It was also a wierd time to have the minutes silence.
It was the time the first plane hit, there is another one for the second plane. I saw the timetable on CNN this morning, think there is also one for the pentagon plane as well.0 -
I was wondering if that was why ,thanks chattachatta wrote:It was the time the first plane hit, there is another one for the second plane. I saw the timetable on CNN this morning, think there is also one for the pentagon plane as well.0 -
We followed the official new york 12.46 gmt time (which is 1.46 here at the moment) thats why the minute silence. It was a very sad day five years ago and I'm sure we all remember it vividly from the images. I was on holiday but I have friends and family who were in New York and were effected, though none of them killed thankfully.
As for the silence for Iraq. If there is a UK wise recognised silence, as the one today is, then this site will follow it. On this issue it is my intent to be lead not to lead.
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Are you sure? I'd just come in from the playgroup run when it happened and that finished at 12 noon.chatta wrote:It was the time the first plane hit, there is another one for the second plane. I saw the timetable on CNN this morning, think there is also one for the pentagon plane as well.2008 Comping ChallengeWon so far - £3010 Needed - £230Debt free since Oct 20040 -
happyevs wrote:Thats the second Silence ive came across today Ladbrokes did a 2 minute silence at 12 noon
And quite right too as it was a sad day for all who were affected
Well, yeah, sure it was. But tens of thousands of people die needlessly (although less spectacularly) every day and they don't get a minute's silence. Oh well, I guess there were probably a few "money saving" (i.e. tax-evading!) experts in the WTC.[size=-2]Matched betting profit: ~ £30,000 since Jan 2005
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MSE_Martin wrote:As for the silence for Iraq. If there is a UK wise recognised silence, as the one today is, then this site will follow it. On this issue it is my intent to be lead not to lead.
What UK-wide silence? I wasn't aware that there was one. Anyone who gets to decide these things, other than the deranged tabloid press editors?[size=-2]Matched betting profit: ~ £30,000 since Jan 2005
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i notice the site has not got any rememberance banner up though like usual - when it comes to any uk holiday/memorial or that......Never do things tomorow when you can do them today.0
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