Two Minutes of Silence -- November 11th

[Terran1212]

http://adbusters.org/campaigns/twominutesofsilence/
We know warfare, tyranny, and strife. We have pitted neighbor against neighbor, tribe against tribe, nation against nation, and faith against faith. We have seen tensions rise. We have seen hatred boil over. And we have seen peace won at terrible costs.
Now we are faced with a global conflict that is so nebulous, so ill-defined and ill-conceived, that it may never end. All we are told is that there is our side, and there is the other side. That our way of life is at stake, and we must triumph at all costs. As the coffins multiply, we grieve our own losses.
But the horror of neverending war brings with it the chance for a truly global resistance.

And so we will create a new side – the side that wants to understand, the side that seeks out the root causes of our struggle, the side that will triumph over conflict itself.

We will devise a ritual to transcend the double-standard of grief, to transform their dead into our dead, and our dead into theirs. And then we will challenge those around us to do the same.
Two minutes is all that we need for this global ritual of reconciliation. On November 11th, fall silent for two minutes in honor of all innocent victims – in London, in Afghanistan, in New York, in Iraq, in Chechnya, in Madrid. Two minutes of silence, of remembrance, of reflection, to consider the choices that we have made and the path we will follow into the future.

[Redstone]

1. That's all very nice, but it will accomplish...what, exactly?

Redstone

[dbeach]

2. how about 11 minutes of silence at 11:11 AM on 11/11

and don't forget the Veterans who served believing in a cause ,strugglin against unreal odds to fight for this great USA.
I know now only having served in a war zone that EVERY war is a staged act to protect the privleged based on lies and treachery..
the innocents die and the Veterans and their families suffer the wounds while the US taxpayers pick up the bills and the elites count their profits.

Dylan said it best "Come you Masters of war.."


"Veterans' Day (formerly Armistice Day)
November 11, is the anniversary of the Armistice which was signed in the Forest of Compiegne by the Allies and the Germans in 1918, ending World War I, after four years of conflict.
At 5 A.M. on Monday, November 11, 1918 the Germans signed the Armistice, an order was issued for all firing to cease; so the hostilities of the First World War ended. This day began with the laying down of arms, blowing of whistles, impromptu parades, closing of places of business. All over the globe there were many demonstrations; no doubt the world has never before witnessed such rejoicing.
In November of 1919, President Woodrow Wilson issued his Armistice Day proclamation. The last paragraph set the tone for future observances:
To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nation."

[NinetySix]

3. In Canada, it's called Remembrance Day, and it's a national holiday.

I intend to be doing exactly what you describe on November 11, because that's exactly what I do EVERY year. It always seems to rain on the morning of the 11th, but I feel it is the least thing I can do to make the gesture to remember those who fought and died in the pursuit of Liberty.

I exhort you all, if you can make the time, attend your local commemoration of Veterans' Day, Remembrance Day, or whatever the November 11 observance is called wherever you are. Lest we forget.