I have noticed that, in recent years, the minutes silence to mark respect for past events has increasingly been replaced with a minutes applause.
I watched 2 football matches this afternoon to mark the 25th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster. One match saw an imbeccably observed silence - you could hear a pin drop. The other match saw a few seconds silence then a round of applause for the rest of the remembrance period.
Not really sure how I feel about this new "method" of showing respect.
I really can't imagine our war veterans standing around the cenotaph on November 11th clapping for 2 minutes yet, at a football match it seem acceptable. BUT if we have one "rule" for one event and one "rule" for another where do you differentiate.
The nations silence on the 11th of November could see shoppers clapping in the aisles of Asda rather than standing in respectful silence. Really not sure of where I stand on this new way of remembering.
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Dumplings4ever · 13/04/2014 20:35
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