3 Minute Silence - 11:00am 14th Sept

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Sep 14, 2001 | 09:59 AM

Nimbus

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I'm sure most people already know, but there will be a three minute silence at 11:00am today as a mark of respect.

Sep 14, 2001 | 10:16 AM

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Is the board going to be closed during this time?

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Sep 14, 2001 | 10:22 AM

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I dont think closing the board is required, I dont think anyone will post during this time.

Sep 14, 2001 | 10:26 AM

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I feel a tasteless joke coming on.....something to do with the "Last Post"

Seriously though, I shall respect this 3 minutes silence and abstainence of posting.

Sep 14, 2001 | 10:27 AM

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I just logged on to post the same thing myelf.

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Sep 14, 2001 | 11:46 AM

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My Apologies that we didn't spot this until after 11:00am

otherwise we would have observed it by closing the BBS for 3 minutes, as a sign of respect.

All the best

Simon

Sep 14, 2001 | 11:50 AM

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Some beardie web developer ****er at work couldn't shut his ugly feckin face for 3 minutes.
Grrrrrr.......

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Sep 14, 2001 | 11:58 AM

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by father_jack:
<B>Some beardie web developer ****er at work couldn't shut his ugly feckin face for 3 minutes.
Grrrrrr.......[/quote]

Hum he wouldnt have got away with that here - anything that shows disrespect to anothers beliefs is a SERIOUS offence

Sep 14, 2001 | 01:08 PM

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3 minutes to think about others is not a lot to ask now is it

bearded moron

Perfectly observed in my office with no phone, fax or emails received during that time

Yex

Sep 14, 2001 | 02:41 PM

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Aye, some fecking contractor moron (no offence to the other contractors on here, but this guy is a real irritating idiot) over the other side of my office couldn't shut it either, have these people no compassion

Sep 14, 2001 | 03:56 PM

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The 3 mins silence was respected by all in our office, and rightly so.
But why dont we do the same when similar numbers are killed in earthquakes, floods etc in other parts of the world. It irritates me that everybody treats the USA so differently.

Sep 14, 2001 | 04:22 PM

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The US was just the location.

Add in several hundred British casualties, plus people from other countries

They get my thoughts and respects.

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Sep 14, 2001 | 05:16 PM

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Trigger - natural disasters are just that, natural. Hijacking an airliner and flying it into tower block is not a natural act.

It's nothing to do with it being the USA, it's to do with the scale of the event and the impact it will have on the world at large (I don't remember any "silences" for the San Francisco earthquakes, Mt St Helens etc).