Re: Two minutes' silence ?!

["Herman Robak" <herman@skolelinux.no>]

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:41:48 +0200, martin f krafft <madduck@madduck.net> wrote:

> also sprach Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> [2005.07.14.1328 +0300]:
> > I think this is a gross (and, from many points of view, grotesque)
> > overreaction.  Many people are killed for all sorts of reasons and we
> > don't do really anything about it let alone have an official `stop
> > everything' mark of respect.
>
> I see your point and don't really agree. But instead of attacking
> your "no, I won't participate", I'll quote Enrico:
>
>   "we should spend many more minutes in silence for all the others
>   that get killed innocently"

 With all due respect, that does not scale too well.

 Enrico's comment might have been entirely rhetorical; a polite
way to lessen the importance of the two minutes of silence, without
offending anyone.  I don't know.

--
Herman Robak


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