Marks and Spencer insult war dead

[krakatoa]

Just happened to be in Marks at Holmbush this morning, and they continued playing pop music during the 2 minutes ''silence'' they'd just announced. Complete buffoons.

 

[Philzo-93]

They never seem to bother with it. Did not do it when I was in Haywards Heath store last year. Absolutely disgraceful.

 

[BensGrandad]

Bombard head office with complaints. They will probably say something along the lines of that they find it offensive to Germans etc similar to the reactions to christian/Muslim Christmas celebrations.

 

[de la zouch]

And you decided to honour them by going shopping.....people in glass houses!

 

[Djmiles]

We always do it where I work, but you still see some people continue shopping. Can they really not spare 2 minutes of their year to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice?

 

[The Modfather]

Boycott of M&S? Where do I sign up

 

[Frutos]

I agree that their lack of respect is disgusting, but you chose to shop rather than attend a remembrance service.

 

[Everest]

Bombard head office with complaints. They will probably say something along the lines of that they find it offensive to Germans etc similar to the reactions to christian/Muslim Christmas celebrations.

If they find it offensive, why announce it in store?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Public observance of a two minutes silence outside of a specific war memorial ceremony seems to me to be a relatively recent phenomenon, dating back only to the 1990s. It seems to have come about only once most of the adult population had NO experience of war. I know that members of my family (from the generations that actually fought in WW1 and WW2) were never very comfortable about non-combatants making a big deal of "remembering" events that they hadn't themselves experienced.

 

[Billy the Fish]

This is straight out the top drawer of tabloid outrage!

So basically someone at M&S forgot to turn the music off, that's it. They haven't insulted anyone, nobody is hurt, it is a victimless "crime".

Stop trying to be offended and get over it.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Yet another case of someone finding something to be outraged by...FFs

 

[goldstone]

Chill out! It's not the end of the world.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Yet another case of someone finding something to be outraged by...FFs

Indeed. I'm much more outraged by the stupidity that killed two of my great uncles. Failing to press an off-switch somehere in Shoreham decades later hardly registers as an issue.

 

[The Peanut Roaster]

Yet another case of someone finding something to be outraged by...FFs

This isn't just any outrage, it's an M & S outrage.

 

[Soulman]

Strange how a lot of football supporters will observe the 2 mins silence of some player, manager etc...... yet can't be respectful enough for 2 mins, ONCE a year, to remember people that died so that we could have the freedom to have our two mins silence for someone who got well paid and never had to put his/her life on the line.
Feel free to moan at this post.

 

[melias shoes]

Public observance of a two minutes silence outside of a specific war memorial ceremony seems to me to be a relatively recent phenomenon, dating back only to the 1990s. It seems to have come about only once most of the adult population had NO experience of war. I know that members of my family (from the generations that actually fought in WW1 and WW2) were never very comfortable about non-combatants making a big deal of "remembering" events that they hadn't themselves experienced.

I think you'll find it's the more recent conflicts;Falklands,Iraq1/2 and in particular what is happening right now in Afghanistan that is refreshing the publics mind. I have no experience of war and certainly hope I never do.However the one time of the year were the public are asked to show their appreciation I for one will wear as I always have my poppy with the upmost gratitude for giving the ultimate sacrifice.

 

[Da Man Clay]

This is straight out the top drawer of tabloid outrage!

So basically someone at M&S forgot to turn the music off, that's it. They haven't insulted anyone, nobody is hurt, it is a victimless "crime".

Stop trying to be offended and get over it.

Indeed.The OP should get on to the mail. They love this sort of sensationalist nonsense.

 

[banjo]

This isn't just any outrage, it's an M & S outrage.

Very good.

 

[Chicken Runner61]

On a similar note I was watching a program about jet planes in the fifties and they showed the 1952 Farnborough Air Disaster - basically 31 (in all) people died when a plane crashed into the crowd. I can't remember how many people attended the day of the crash but the next day the show carried on and even more people attended!

Can you imagine that happening today? People would be off work for weeks with trauma, counselling and handwringing. Funny thing is I have never heard of any person alive in 1952 scarred by it- certainly there must be a few people but not the numbers that would be traumatised today!

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I think you'll find it's the more recent conflicts;Falklands,Iraq1/2 and in particular what is happening right now in Afghanistan that is refreshing the publics mind. I have no experience of war and certainly hope I never do.However the one time of the year were the public are asked to show their appreciation I for one will wear as I always have my poppy with the upmost gratitude for giving the ultimate sacrifice.

I'm sure you're right. But a couple of minutes' quiet reflection every year is an inadequate response to the issues that we should be thinking about in connection with the Falklands, Iraq and Afghanistan. I have a feeling that the establishment much prefers us to bottle up our response to these recent conflicts into a carefully orchestrated two minutes every November.