by BUDGIE » Sun Jun 17, 2018 10:24 pm
Trapper John wrote:Did anyone stop to observe the 1 minute silence on Thursday 14th June called to commemorate the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire?
I didn't and I don't know anyone who did.
Yet there are calls for this to be remembered every year with the same reverence usually reserved for 'national disasters' or the casualties of wars fought for our country.
Of course this was a dreadful event and the loss of life was appallingly high for a peace time incident, those who were close to it will always remember but does that mean everyone needs reminding?
I think the whole affair has been milked until it's dry now, a year on and it's had it's day, move on like we've always done in the past, personally I'm sick of hearing about it now.
We had a minutes silence for 9/11 for years. I'm pretty sure at work we did it for 5 years on the trot, maybe more. And on the 10th anniversary definitely.
I tended to not want to commemorate it after thousands of innocent Afghanis and Iraqis were slaughtered in the aftermath over the years. Wholesale murder for oil.
Why shouldn't Grenfell be commemorated? It was a tragedy. Not a terrorist act and people died horribly.
[quote="Trapper John"]Did anyone stop to observe the 1 minute silence on Thursday 14th June called to commemorate the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire?
I didn't and I don't know anyone who did. :dunno:
Yet there are calls for this to be remembered every year with the same reverence usually reserved for 'national disasters' or the casualties of wars fought for our country.
Of course this was a dreadful event and the loss of life was appallingly high for a peace time incident, those who were close to it will always remember but does that mean everyone needs reminding?
I think the whole affair has been milked until it's dry now, a year on and it's had it's day, move on like we've always done in the past, personally I'm sick of hearing about it now.[/quote]
We had a minutes silence for 9/11 for years. I'm pretty sure at work we did it for 5 years on the trot, maybe more. And on the 10th anniversary definitely.
I tended to not want to commemorate it after thousands of innocent Afghanis and Iraqis were slaughtered in the aftermath over the years. Wholesale murder for oil.
Why shouldn't Grenfell be commemorated? It was a tragedy. Not a terrorist act and people died horribly.