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Which channels stopped at 11am this morning for the silence?
chemical2009b
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I know BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 5, Sky News, Ideal World and Price Drop TV did. Presumably Channel 4, I want to compile a list of all the channels that stopped for two minutes this morning as I do every year.
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Why? :rolleyes:
No I wasn't in the house at the time so I wouldn't have known. I left the house at around quarter to 10.
How very interesting.
Here's a thought for next year: turn off the telly and take 2 minutes to think about things - doesn't have to be about the sacrifice of soldiers in wars - just...well just anything.
What do you actually do with this list?
I believe CNBC did - I had a set on with the sound off (had BBC Parliament on the main set) and from the pictures I saw, it looked as if they were observing it.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1160653
I would guess the purpose is to chart a year-on-year fall in respect.
Thanks for telling me I was just curious.
They were, I noticed that too. Mostly the ones on the London shows though.
What a lot of people probably don't realise is that the EDL was formed because of a very similar protest a couple of years ago when a group of Muslim Protestors took to the streets of Wootton Bassett whilst a number of British fatalities were being driven through.
The protestors were seen by non-protestors who were so disgusted that they confronted the protestors and in the aftermath the EDL was setup....
Are you going to contact the channels that didn't stop broadcasting at 11am to complain or something?
Don't like it? Then don't post the question on a forum. Especially if it's an odd question like the OP's.
I'm not going to speak for others but I don't think I was particularly being rude or judgemental for asking why this list is compiled every year. I think genuine bloody curiosity is a good enough reason for asking.
If the list is for something, fair enough. If it is to prove some hypothesis that respect for the Armistice silence is decreasing year on year then fair enough. But it would be interesting to know why the list is being compiled.
If they're asking for help with data for something, I agree that it's fair enough to ask what it's being used for.
Just for the two minutes?