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11am Minutes silence - RTE doesn't bother..

  • 16-11-2015 12:05pm
    #1
    fortwilliam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 571 ✭✭✭


    Shame on them,
    I just scanned through all the TV channels, TV3, Sky, BBC, CH4, ... All observing a minuites silence remembering the victims of the Paris shooting.

    RTE? - Dr. Phil & some kids cartoon.


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  • #2
    Gaygooner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Gaygooner


    RTE News Now???


  • #3
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    So you scanned through all the channels in order to find out who you should be outraged by?

    Definition of someone looking to find offence here.


  • #4
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    We interrupt Dora The Explorer for a minute's silence for the slaughtered victims of Paris.

    :pac:


  • #5
    haminka
    Registered Users Posts: 562 ✭✭✭haminka


    they probably just want to make us feel like they deserve those 160 euro of racket money we have to pay them to give us the unwatchable programme full of overpaid have-beens.


  • #6
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    You probably missed RTE's while scanning the other channels.


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  • #7
    newballsplease
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,751 ✭✭✭newballsplease


    Also Dam you MTV , irish TV, Setanta and the Disney Channel....

    Dam you all


  • #8
    shamrock55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,212 ✭✭✭shamrock55


    So you honoured the victims by flicking through tv channels well done


  • #9
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,999 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    I think they did the right thing.
    Are we going to hold minute's silences everytime there is a terrorist bombing?
    If so, there would be one every day, as there is nearly daily suicide bombings on some part of the world (unless of course we only have them for white Western countries).


  • #10
    Gaygooner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Gaygooner


    RTE News Now would have acknowledged the minutes silence, outrage over


  • #11
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Are you not capable of marking your own moment of reflection without a TV channel telling you to do so?


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  • #12
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,133 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    Babestation didn't observe either. Would have expected better from the babes.


  • #13
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    NIMAN wrote: »
    I think they did the right thing.
    Are we going to hold minute's silences everytime there is a terrorist bombing?
    If so, there would be one every day, as there is nearly daily suicide bombings on some part of the world (unless of course we only have them for white Western countries).

    What's with this chestnut of "white Western countries", there were victims of multiple race and nationality, just like there was at the London bombings and the Paris shootings earlier in this year.


  • #14
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    No minute's silence for the Russians murdered in the plane bombing a couple of weeks ago, no minute's silence for the bomb victims in Beirut, no minute's silence when the US bombs an Afghan wedding, no minute's silence for the victims in Paris.

    Fair play to RTÉ for their consistency and not having a hierarchy of victims unlike most morons in social media.


  • #15
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,999 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Duggy747 wrote: »
    What's with this chestnut of "white Western countries", there were victims of multiple race and nationality, just like there was at the London bombings.

    Then why not acknowledge all the other deaths throughout the world?
    Why all the sadness and social media OTTness for Paris, New York, London only?


  • #16
    newballsplease
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,751 ✭✭✭newballsplease


    Man on dole, vents anger through internet forum shocker.


  • #17
    Gaygooner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Gaygooner


    Mervyn Skidmore wrote: »
    Babestation didn't observe either. Would have expected better from the babes.

    I thought they didn't take calls for the minute??? Nicki was giving sombre face


  • #18
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I can't say if any tv or radio stations were observing the minute's silence, as I had all turned off so I could have a minute's silence myself.

    OP, just another bluster of indignity without doing anything yourself?


  • #19
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Aaron Bald Asparagus wrote: »
    I can't say if any tv or radio stations were observing the minute's silence, as I had all turned off so I could have a minute's silence myself.

    OP, just another bluster of indignity without doing anything yourself?

    Faux outrage.

    Nothing quite like it.


  • #20
    MarkY91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,068 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    OP must regret making this post big time.


  • #21
    everlast75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,126 ✭✭✭✭everlast75


    NIMAN wrote: »
    I think they did the right thing.
    Are we going to hold minute's silences everytime there is a terrorist bombing?
    If so, there would be one every day, as there is nearly daily suicide bombings on some part of the world (unless of course we only have them for white Western countries).

    Hmm.. maybe at 6pm on RTE1?


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  • #22
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    fortwilliam wrote: »
    Shame on them,
    I just scanned through all the TV channels, TV3, Sky, BBC, CH4, ... All observing a minuites silence remembering the victims of the Paris shooting.

    RTE? - Dr. Phil & some kids cartoon.

    RTE News Now did it.

    It's not their fault you don't know about all their stations.

    Also - if you were so intent on other people observing the minute's silence why did you spend it flicking around all the channels?

    Seems very disrespectful to me.


  • #23
    Gaygooner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Gaygooner


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    RTE News Now did it.

    It's not their fault you don't know about all their stations.

    Still think the kiddies station should have had a minutes silence...


  • #24
    corner of hells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,409 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Gaygooner wrote: »
    I thought they didn't take calls for the minute??? Nicki was giving sombre face

    That sombre face was from her butt plug .


  • #25
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Then why not acknowledge all the other deaths throughout the world?
    Why all the sadness and social media OTTness for Paris, New York, London only?

    Social media being social media, people will do anything to join in like they did from changing profile pictures to cartoon characters to stop child abuse to the Kony 2012 nonsense.

    I wouldn't even waste my time passing heed in the yo-yoing social media does when these events happen, I'm seeing everything from sympathy to outright racist rants about refugees and Muslims. I personally don't join in on any of that shít.


  • #26
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Gaygooner wrote: »
    Still think the kiddies station should have had a minutes silence...

    With a full explanation that bad men are trying to kill them and they may die at any moment so they should enjoy life while they still can.


  • #27
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,906 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    id have to agree with the op here. i quickly changed channel. think somebody dropped the ball there


  • #28
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,397 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Maybe it was the typical Irish attitude towards being on time.


  • #29
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    id have to agree with the op here. i quickly changed channel. think somebody dropped the ball there

    Moment's silence was observed on News Now. Ball still in hand, touch down!


  • #30
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Zebra3 wrote: »
    Faux outrage.

    Nothing quite like it.

    I'm not sure if you are directing that at me. My reaction to the OP is far from faux, I can assure you.


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  • #31
    MOH
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,465 ✭✭✭MOH


    Turtyturd wrote: »
    Maybe it was the typical Irish attitude towards being on time.

    Fair point. Knowing RTE the minute's silence was probably pushed back by earlier ad breaks and actually happened at 11.03


  • #32
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,999 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    everlast75 wrote: »
    Hmm.. maybe at 6pm on RTE1?

    Totally unrelated.


  • #33
    The Randy Riverbeast
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭The Randy Riverbeast


    Who is watching people at 11am? Not even people on the dole are up at that time :pac:

    Now time to make my escape. RTE have a moment of reflection every day anyway.


  • #34
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,906 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Moment's silence was observed on News Now. Ball still in hand, touch down!

    hmm wasnt on my news now! maybe i missed it!


  • #35
    Gaygooner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Gaygooner


    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    hmm wasnt on my news now! maybe i missed it!

    When did you flick?


  • #36
    Zebra3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,946 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Aaron Bald Asparagus wrote: »
    I'm not sure if you are directing that at me. My reaction to the OP is far from faux, I can assure you.

    No, it was at the OP.


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  • #37
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,906 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Gaygooner wrote: »
    When did you flick?

    11. looks like rte may have err emm timing issues!


  • #38
    Larbre34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,363 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    OP, if you really gave a shyte, you should have just paused and reflected yourself, you obviously knew what the time was, there will be endless news footage of folk standing around in silence for the rest of the day.


  • #39
    Gaygooner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Gaygooner


    Wanderer78 wrote: »
    id have to agree with the op here. i quickly changed channel. think somebody dropped the ball there

    Changing channel during the minutes silence!!! Well!


  • #40
    Gaygooner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Gaygooner


    Trinity are doing there's at 1pm... The old time difference must have confused them..


  • #41
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,906 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Gaygooner wrote: »
    Changing channel during the minutes silence!!! Well!

    timing blah blah blah. moving on!


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  • #42
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,701 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Maybe RTÉ are going to do the beloved Angelus today without the 'bongs'...


  • #43
    KomradeBishop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,981 ✭✭✭KomradeBishop


    The attacks are horrible obviously, but the faux-solidarity that gets whipped up every time something like this happens, is fúcking annoying and cringe-worthy.

    The 'Je Suis Charlie' bollocks in particular - it's not like any of the French politicians back then, really gave a toss about freedom of speech, given the countries censorship laws:
    www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-it-means-to-stand-with-charlie-hebdo/2015/01/08/ab416214-96e8-11e4-aabd-d0b93ff613d5_story.html

    It's starting to look like an attempt to drum up a kind of semi-'patriotic' fervour, emulating the US, so that this can be exploited in order to push for even more war in the ME - politicians hijacking public sympathy, to try and drum up support for their own agenda's.


    How about we have a bit more sympathy/solidarity, for the people that get attacked/murdered by EU countries (thus causing people from that region, to want to retaliate, with attacks like in Paris...) - and stop letting public sympathy be hijacked in such a cynical way, when the inevitable (retaliation) happens?


  • #44
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    Today fm had a minutes silence on the radio, except it wasnt very silent as it sounded like the news reader just put the mike on the desk


  • #45
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,693 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Jaysus OP you took a right beating on this one!


  • #46
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    There's already an entire thread on the tragedy, and there's an entire television forum to complain about a news channel if you so wish. There is no need for a whole thread in After Hours over this.

    You would think that these atrocities would remind folk not to get upset over trivial things.


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