Australian lawmakers urge Olympic moment of silence

[microrobert]

Australian lawmakers urge Olympic moment of silence

Australia's prime minister signed a letter calling for a moment of silence at the London Olympics in memory of the 11 Israelis killed at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Julia Gillard is joined by Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan, Foreign Minister Bob Carr, opposition leader Tony Abbott, New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell and Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu, as well as Jewish federal lawmakers Michael Danby and Joshua Frydenberg in signing the letter addressed to the International Olympic Committee, which was launched last week by the Australian Jewish News.

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/06/05/3097321/australian-lawmakers-urge-olympic-moment-of-silence

[microrobert]

Minute's silence for Munich victims - motion passed

A motion calling upon the International Olympic Committee to observe a minute's silence at next month's London Olympics for the 11 Israelis killed in Munich has been unanimously passed by the House of Representatives.

The motion was moved by Liberal MP Steve Fletcher and seconded by the Liberal Member for Kooyong, Josh Frydenberg.

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/opinion/political-news/minutes-silence-for-munich-victims--motion-passed-20120626-20zfn.html#ixzz1yxvtu24l

[microrobert]

Australian Jewish leaders call for national minute of silence

SYDNEY - Australian Jewish leaders have urged all Australians to hold a moment of silence in honor of the 11 Israelis murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

In a joint statement released Tuesday, Dr. Danny Lamm, head of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, and Philip Chester, head of the Zionist Federation of Australia, encouraged Australians to pause at 11 a.m. local time Friday in memory of the victims. The Jewish leaders also said that they "deplore" IOC President Jacques Rogge's refusal to hold one minute of silence at Friday's opening ceremony in London.

http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/07/24/3101541/australian-jewish-leaders-call-for-national-minute-of-silence

[Quorra]

weird

[Contra Mundum]

weird

Very. Not one person voted against it.

[Quorra]

How about we just be permanently silent because of all the bad things people have done to each other over human history.

Actually, it'd make a lot of these reality TV shows less abrasive. :p

[The Lawspeaker]

Next time when they start bitching about it: turn it into a celebration instead. That should teach them.

[Quorra]

Next time when they start bitching about it: turn it into a celebration instead. That should teach them.

I only heard about it here. They wouldn't put that on the news because people would be WTF!!!!!!!!

They wouldn't understand the creepy portents of it as we do but it'd be just :confused:

[rhiannon]

Probably passed due to this being its 40th anniversary

[Quorra]

Probably passed due to this being its 40th anniversary

It's not anything to do with us. It passed because not one person had the courage to say, "Why? That's utterly ridiculous. Have a moment of silence yourselves. We are Aussies not Israelis"

[Contra Mundum]

Probably passed due to this being its 40th anniversary

And another for the 50th, 60th and so on. On the 50th anniversary, Germany and America will send the Jews a few more billion Euros and Dollars.

It may be an annual event soon. Maybe they'll start building "Munich Massacre" museums in every major American and European city.