2 Minutes silence
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WTF is this :confused:two minutes silence?
There was this little thing called WWI (AKA the Great War). A few people died, and it turns out there have been a few wars since then where a few more people died. Soldiers past and present, along with the common folks of the counties that are still here because of them, like to remember those soldiers who have died at 11.11am on 11/11 each (and every) year. I'll re-itterate what somebody said previously; you might like to open a history book once in a while and find out what has been given in the past for you to live mostly free and without persecution in your warm, presumably comfy, home. edit: Dude, you were in the SA Air Force and you dont know about this? Thats a frickin discrace.
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Just because it's obvious for you doesn't mean it is for everyone else. I also had to look it up. But then I'm not British either.
Jörgen Andersson wrote:
But then I'm not British either.
Given that the Armistice was signed in France and was between the Germans and the Allies (not just Britain), I fail to see the relevancy of your comment. And that's before I even start on the notion of 'neutrality' (which is probably more for the soapbox anyway).
It definitely isn't definatley
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There was this little thing called WWI (AKA the Great War). A few people died, and it turns out there have been a few wars since then where a few more people died. Soldiers past and present, along with the common folks of the counties that are still here because of them, like to remember those soldiers who have died at 11.11am on 11/11 each (and every) year. I'll re-itterate what somebody said previously; you might like to open a history book once in a while and find out what has been given in the past for you to live mostly free and without persecution in your warm, presumably comfy, home. edit: Dude, you were in the SA Air Force and you dont know about this? Thats a frickin discrace.
FWIW, it's 11:00 on 11/11 - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. No mention of 11th minute.
It definitely isn't definatley
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
Probably he isn't old enough, just like me. I had to Google to find out what it was.
The younger, the better you should know. High school history knowledge should be fresher, if it ever existed.
History wasn't the most interesting thing for me.
blackjack2150 wrote:
High school history knowledge should be fresher, if it ever existed.
If it ever existed? What? Knowledge? For programming, I've proven enough, far more, to be a professional. For history, I said to you what it was.
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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WTF is this :confused:two minutes silence?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_of_silence[^]
Cheers, Vıkram.
"You idiot British surprise me that your generators which grew up after Mid 50s had no brain at all." - Adnan Siddiqi.
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Steve_pqr wrote:
In the words of many previous post in the Lounge....
.... **** off.
Perhaps this might help http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance\_Sunday\[[^](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_Sunday "New Window")]">. If its not known in South Africa , Perhaps it explains why the Bok supporters made so much noise during the two minute silence before the game in Cardiff on Saturday .A lot of people where very offended.
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Steve_pqr wrote:
In the words of many previous post in the Lounge....
.... **** off.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Cannot believe you asked that! 11.11am on the 11th of the 11th 1918 ring a bell?
Probably he isn't old enough, just like me. I had to Google to find out what it was.
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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History wasn't the most interesting thing for me.
blackjack2150 wrote:
High school history knowledge should be fresher, if it ever existed.
If it ever existed? What? Knowledge? For programming, I've proven enough, far more, to be a professional. For history, I said to you what it was.
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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you forgot the joke icon :)
Apathy Rules - I suppose...
Its not the things you fear that come to get you but all the things that you don't expect
I did. :-O
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FWIW, it's 11:00 on 11/11 - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. No mention of 11th minute.
It definitely isn't definatley
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WTF is this :confused:two minutes silence?
I understand it's to celebrate the end of the great skirmish of 1400 BC. (Yeah, being sarcastic since I think moments of silence are idiotic, especially for wars ended 90 years ago. FWIW, my Grandfather was a WWI veteran; he was a forward observer in a balloon though was never fired upon--his war journal may be the most boring ever written.)
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
History wasn't the most interesting thing for me.
Doesnt matter, you should still know about rememberance sunday. Your family, friends have never mentioned it?
This is what is pissing me off. Well, I have read about it in the school in history. Now, I don't like someone telling me that I *should* be still knowing about it. I just said it was uninteresting. It's amusing how some people think that everyone will have the same set of interests. You and I are two different persons, and for whatever reasons, what you know, I may not know and vice versa. This discussion is not being useful to anyone. I'm going to have to leave it here; I am choosing to be NOT notified of any replies posted to me.
It is a crappy thing, but it's life -^ Carlo Pallini
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I understand it's to celebrate the end of the great skirmish of 1400 BC. (Yeah, being sarcastic since I think moments of silence are idiotic, especially for wars ended 90 years ago. FWIW, my Grandfather was a WWI veteran; he was a forward observer in a balloon though was never fired upon--his war journal may be the most boring ever written.)
Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
Joe Woodbury wrote:
I think moments of silence are idiotic
Soldiers returning from Vietnam found themselves being booed by the same people who had cheered them on before popular opinion changed. I cannot imagine how one would feel to risk your life, see friends die, and be treated this way - so I think there is a good reason for the public to be able to demonstrate their support and gratitude for service personnel past and present. I don't personally like the way we always do it in the UK - making some very frail Chelsea pensioners stagger up and down steps in the Albert Hall seems both pointless and needlessly dangerous for them - several almost fell. Perhaps some did and it was edited out. And don't get me started on Princess Anne, never having been in the forces, deciding that she'll dress up as a Rear Admiral for the day. Idiots. Rich
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WTF is this :confused:two minutes silence?