Will you be taking part in the one minute silence at noon?

[en0la]

Ironically I'll be at a funeral but will you be taking part ?

@joystir59

Lost my lovely DW in July to cancer. She was very ill in hospital during covid restrictions. I used to visit her by sitting outside her ground floor room. The window opened enough for me to push my hands through. She sit by the window, lay her head down in my open hands, and rest like that. Heartbreaking. She came home two days before she died. I don't think I will formally observe a minute's silence, I am grieving every waking minute. This has been a hellish year.

I'm so very sorry. Its stories like yours that have stayed with me this year

Each follow your own path on this. Personally I agree that our voices have been silenced for too long. This minute remembrance seems ill judged and out of step with the feeling of disquiet and unease in the nation. But I'd not judge anyone for wanting a moment of reflection.

The poster however telling us that she's organised a full on village event, coordinated with the shops (presumably guilt tripping any dissent), collated a list of names of the dead ( what about those with no access to social media etc- how many have been missed off) and has arranged for media presence as a couple of the dead were celebs, needs to seriously question her motivation.

Why are we marking an arbitrary anniversary? Covid isn't over.

I agree strongly with that, joystir, and after my minute's reflection on loss and suffering, will try to do something life affirming.

Which I'm trying to do anyway at the moment.

@joystir59

Why are we marking an arbitrary anniversary? Covid isn't over.

My thoughts exactly.

I''m home alone so sit in silence anyway.. but not specifically.

No.
I don't want to reflect on the last year.
Dont want to be part of the pantomime.

Yes. My friend lost her Dad to covid two weeks into lockdown. He was a lovely man and far more than my friend's Dad, so I'll be remembering him and thinking about so many families who've lost their loved ones.

It's a stupid idea. We're still in the midst of the pandemic. If we should do it at all surely it should be when life is much more normal again.
I work in an SEN school so won't be doing it anyway. The noise levels here are off the scale.

Yes, but I will be going for a quiet walk around the park like I do every lunchtime.

I lost both my grandparents to Covid this winter. I agree that a silence is pretty pointless, especially as people are still ill and dying. But that doesn't mean some people have to take such a heartless attitude towards it. The relatives and friends of those who have died have felt desperately helpless, so anything acknowledging the situation may be of comfort to some.

No
I lost my step mum and one of my oldest friends last year both had cancer and I think about them every day I don’t need a minutes silence to remember anyone who has sadly passed away whether it be from covid or any other illness as I’ll remember them in my own time and in my own way

no, we should be remembering every day the human cost to covid by following common sense. just more virtual signalling. no, bbc the country did not come to a stand still at noon today stop with the usual bull shit. [potential lunch time news]. i remember the war dead every day as we have framed photos of several familiy members who died in WWl

Yes. More than 120,000 people have died. It could have been any of us. There but for the grace etc.

Clap? Silence? What next?
How many of these things are we supposed to do to remember?

It just loses its meaning and importance if we have these continual 'moments' which we are encouraged to observe. They have completely jumped the shark as a gesture.

Rememberance Sunday is once a year. I both agree with it and vermently disagree with it. I think its worthwhile to remember the futility and utter waste of war and that we should remember that. I could live without the accompanying poppy police and nationalism/faux-patrotism that accompany it though. The white poppy is as important as the red one in that respect. (I have family members who are Quakers).

I can't help but feel that this isn't about victims of the pandemic. Its just more of the bits of Rememberance Sunday that I dislike rather than the actual victims or thinking about those who have lost loved ones. Its a government led stunt. The nationalistic / faux-patrotism side of Rememberance Sunday that conveniently chooses to forget and indeed cover up and disguise the follies and foolishness of the upper class politicians and generals rather than questioning why on earth we got into the scale of mess we did in the first place.

I would much prefer an inquiry into why our pandemic preparedness was appalling and why action which was obviously needed was done far too late and against the advice of experts - at the ultimate expense of lives and the economy despite protests to the contrary.

Its propaganda for political reasons. Not remembering the dead.

I remember the dead at 6pm and 10pm daily for the right reasons.

@en0la

Reading out the names is touching for those involved but are they more worthy people then those who died from other causes ?

I probably won't be - but don't do the 'whataboutism' - you want to arrange silence for the other 'more worthy' people, you crack on love.

@Hobbesmanc

Each follow your own path on this. Personally I agree that our voices have been silenced for too long. This minute remembrance seems ill judged and out of step with the feeling of disquiet and unease in the nation. But I'd not judge anyone for wanting a moment of reflection.

The poster however telling us that she's organised a full on village event, coordinated with the shops (presumably guilt tripping any dissent), collated a list of names of the dead ( what about those with no access to social media etc- how many have been missed off) and has arranged for media presence as a couple of the dead were celebs, needs to seriously question her motivation.

Oh its not ill judged. Its worse than that.

Its political opportuntism and manipulation.

Thats what really bothers me about it.

@minniemoocher

Yes because I've organised it for my town. All the shops are taking part, town crier is ringing a bell at both ends and the vicar is reading the names of everyone submitted to us - it's 178 names.

Those who have lost loved ones in the past year have expressed thanks that they can mark the loss of their loved one publically in this way

how bloody tasteless is this ? your heart might be in the right place but this will upset a lot of people too, i'd go apeshit if my mums name was on this list [died end of jan]. tacky and tasteless but good for fb likes i guess.

Not me - I'm at work (NHS - very busy) and I'll most likely forget as I'll be up to my eyes in something

Couldn't agree more. Really bloody tasteles.

Totally tasteless. A death is a death is a death but we are elevating covid deaths as special and which need marked in a special way with fucking town criers. Utterly distasteful.

No it’s not over and just more pantomime

Not read the whole thread as too close to home but maybe. Im off work waiting for a covid test result. I work in a school where we are respecting the silence. Everyone knows my dad died in February from covid and I would feel really on show. Even if I took myself off I would still have people checking on me. I totally understand the idea behind it and would no doubt have done it if I hadn’t lost someone but for me, I want to remember in my own time really.

I don’t think people should be villified for not wanting or not being able to do it. We are all isolating and working from home so not sure everyone elses work are doing it. Same with clap for carers, we chose not to do it (but did show our gratitude in other ways)

No, but we have a work event at 4pm instead for the same thing so I am going to that.

No. 10,000 children die from hunger every day.

No I won't be. I don't want to commemorate anything about this last year.