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Originally Posted by Wayfarer
I think a lot of you are overlooking something very important here...
Aren't "moments of silence"...kind of ****ing stupid to begin with? What's the magic in not saying anything for a minute? I lay still, relatively quietly, for eight or so hours a night. There's an abundance of silent moments to commemorate all the lives of your dead relatives that I don't care about right there. It's just some idiotic tradition that doesn't mean anything, y'know, like taking off your hat when the national anthem is played. What's the point?
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It is a ritual and a showing of respect. a moment of silence is a call to personal reflection.