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Minute of silence - appropriate? Or not?

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bohemianbint · 21/05/2007 11:33

I really hope this doesn't spark any arguments, but it's something I've been wondering about this morning.

Is it a good, useful thing to do? Will it "raise awareness"?

Or is it a bit strange? After all, we don't know that she isn't alright at the moment.

What do you think? Are you going to observe it?

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raspberryberet · 21/05/2007 12:00

Not appropriate, and in very poor taste.

I really hate this public hijacking of private grief.

ArcticRoll · 21/05/2007 12:02

Agree with morningpaper.

DimpledThighs · 21/05/2007 12:02

not

glitterfairy · 21/05/2007 12:04

Agree with morningpaper

lucykate · 21/05/2007 12:08

i think its an awful idea. the reason i've not lit one of the virtual candles is because, i hope she is alive and i see a candle as being more 'in memory of' iykwim

hana · 21/05/2007 12:10

I also agree with morningpaper

but more and more, this minute's silence is catching on for lots of reasons, wasn't there a minute's silence for rail crash victims? and the London bombings on 07/07?
I think we will see more and more of these for various reasons
I don't think that if you don't observe, you don't care . where will it stop? A minute's silence when , oh I don't know, when the Beckhams leave Europe for Hollywood?

mommajools · 21/05/2007 12:11

very strange idea

Tiggiwinkle · 21/05/2007 12:13

Agree with everyone else-strange and inappropriate idea.

hana · 21/05/2007 12:15

trouble is, all these initiatives to keep it in the news could well backfire for the 'campaign' behind the family. And that would be a v bad thing I think if public support turned on them

kittypants · 21/05/2007 12:15

think its bad.minutes silence to remember dead imo,in memory of someone.

LIZS · 21/05/2007 12:30

Sorry but I find the whole idea odd. I'm sure there are services at which missing children are remembered and in that context it might be appropriate but on a mass scale for a single missing child , no.

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bohemianbint · 21/05/2007 12:32

I saw it on the front page of the Mirror. I think the whole idea stemed from some sort of anonymous email that swept through the country or something. I thought it seemed innappropriate but I wondered if it was just me...

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Kewcumber · 21/05/2007 12:32

Has anyone called Enid vile yet? Can I stay to watch?

edam · 21/05/2007 12:33

Agree it's odd and inappropriate but also in very poor taste because silences are to remember the dead.

TenaLady · 21/05/2007 12:33

No, a minutes silence is reserved for the dead. We dont know she is.

americantrish · 21/05/2007 12:34

well, we might as well start having a minutes silence for all the other lost children in the world too. .... i dont think it's appropiate really.

UCM · 21/05/2007 12:35

Could we have perhaps 2,000,000 minutes silence on here about it and then everyone will love each other again.

NuttyMuffins · 21/05/2007 12:39

Inappropriate IMO.

morningpaper · 21/05/2007 12:50

good idea UCM

wannaBeWhateverIWannaBe · 21/05/2007 12:56

inappropriate. even if she's no longer alive it's inappropriate.

maisym · 21/05/2007 14:25

imho - odd as was the picture on the football match screen. plus the parents blog on their webpage - the jogging - what's that about?

hana · 21/05/2007 16:20

mmmm I thought the picture at the football game was good ideas as the worldwide audience is something like 450 million. that's a lot of people

jampot · 21/05/2007 16:23

inappropriate

littlelapin · 21/05/2007 16:25

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Blandmum · 21/05/2007 16:25

Hopefully the poor child isn't dead.

I feel this would be tasteless in the extreme