Comments on: April 30: A Day of Silence on the Blogosphere http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:51:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Blog Day Of Silence « http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-250301 Blog Day Of Silence « Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:27:19 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-250301 [...] information on why I’m doing this, read April 30: A Day of Silence on the Blogosphere and especially Silence is a Memoriam, Not a Reason to Stop [...] [...] information on why I’m doing this, read April 30: A Day of Silence on the Blogosphere and especially Silence is a Memoriam, Not a Reason to Stop [...]

]]> By: A Peach in Stitches » A Day of Silence http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-250216 A Peach in Stitches » A Day of Silence Mon, 30 Apr 2007 03:13:02 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-250216 [...]   Honor comes in all forms. This is not a call to “shut up”. It is a call for memoriam. Some call it praying. Some call it remembering. I think it should be a moment to remember all. A moment of silence can speak much more loudly than words because in that moment, we all share the same thought. At the same time. Powerful moment of energy. Everyone remember. –Lorelle VanFossen [...] [...]   Honor comes in all forms. This is not a call to “shut up”. It is a call for memoriam. Some call it praying. Some call it remembering. I think it should be a moment to remember all. A moment of silence can speak much more loudly than words because in that moment, we all share the same thought. At the same time. Powerful moment of energy. Everyone remember. –Lorelle VanFossen [...]

]]> By: Day of Blog Silence: Honoring The Victims of Violence « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-249894 Day of Blog Silence: Honoring The Victims of Violence « Lorelle on WordPress Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:16:08 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-249894 [...] information on why I’m doing this, read April 30: A Day of Silence on the Blogosphere and especially Silence is a Memoriam, Not a Reason to Stop [...] [...] information on why I’m doing this, read April 30: A Day of Silence on the Blogosphere and especially Silence is a Memoriam, Not a Reason to Stop [...]

]]> By: Netzkultur http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-245291 Netzkultur Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:01:17 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-245291 <strong>30. April: A Day of Silence on the Blogosphere</strong> In Übereinstimmung mit: OneDayBlogSilence.com Silence can say more than a thousand words. This day shall unite us all about this unbelievable painful & shocking event and show some respect and love to those who lost their loved ones. On Apri... 30. April: A Day of Silence on the Blogosphere

In Übereinstimmung mit: OneDayBlogSilence.com

Silence can say more than a thousand words.
This day shall unite us all about this unbelievable painful & shocking event and show some respect and love to those who lost their loved ones.
On Apri…

]]> By: Um dia de silêncio? Não, obrigado | O Fim da Várzea http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-237493 Um dia de silêncio? Não, obrigado | O Fim da Várzea Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:29:59 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-237493 [...] esse artigo não é sobre o massacre, é sobre o que eu li, primeiro no Lorelle on Wordpress e depois a repercussão no Blog da [...] [...] esse artigo não é sobre o massacre, é sobre o que eu li, primeiro no Lorelle on WordPress e depois a repercussão no Blog da [...]

]]> By: Sirthinks' Place http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-233897 Sirthinks' Place Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:08:22 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-233897 <strong>One Day of Blog Silence - Not for me</strong> OneDayBlogSilence is a site set up by school teacher Steli Efti requesting all bloggers keep silent on April 30th as a memorial to the 33 students killed in the Virginia Tech Massacre on April 16th. Lorelle is being very vocal in her support of this e... One Day of Blog Silence - Not for me

OneDayBlogSilence is a site set up by school teacher Steli Efti requesting all bloggers keep silent on April 30th as a memorial to the 33 students killed in the Virginia Tech Massacre on April 16th.
Lorelle is being very vocal in her support of this e…

]]> By: mpb http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-233717 mpb Sun, 22 Apr 2007 07:07:49 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-233717 One of the most profound moments is (or was ) Remembrance day or Armistice day with two minutes of silence at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. The contemporary context gives it meaning for those who know how to study history (not only WWI but the pandemic of 1918-1919) Jeffrey Brown of McNeill-Lehrer has some very nice statements of context here "Modernism Exhibit Depicts the Art in Ordinary Objects" http://tinyurl.com/2cy4vq One of the most profound moments is (or was ) Remembrance day or Armistice day with two minutes of silence at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. The contemporary context gives it meaning for those who know how to study history (not only WWI but the pandemic of 1918-1919)

Jeffrey Brown of McNeill-Lehrer has some very nice statements of context here “Modernism Exhibit Depicts the Art in Ordinary Objects”
http://tinyurl.com/2cy4vq

]]> By: Adie http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-232177 Adie Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:18:54 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-232177 Every year at Christmas, I have my times of silence as I mourn the loss of my husband to the carelessness of a hit and run driver who has never been found. Every year in March, I have my day or more of silence as I mourn the death of my daughter who died due to others actions. In May, my day of silence remembers the friend who was shot dead in an armed robbery in a country where guns are illegal. These are personal days of silence. Every person who has been affected by any tragedy involving the loss of a loved one has their days too. Should I put my life on hold or change my daily routine just because 33 people died through yet another persons lack of care for human life? I don't think so. Their families will have more than enough days of silence over the rest of their lives to make up for my lack of involvement in their sorrow. Far better to mark the tragedies in this world by having a day of making contact. If anyone wants to hold a day in memoriam of my losses, please don't be silent - take a moment to email, write or call someone you love and just tell them you love them. Every year at Christmas, I have my times of silence as I mourn the loss of my husband to the carelessness of a hit and run driver who has never been found. Every year in March, I have my day or more of silence as I mourn the death of my daughter who died due to others actions. In May, my day of silence remembers the friend who was shot dead in an armed robbery in a country where guns are illegal. These are personal days of silence. Every person who has been affected by any tragedy involving the loss of a loved one has their days too.
Should I put my life on hold or change my daily routine just because 33 people died through yet another persons lack of care for human life? I don’t think so. Their families will have more than enough days of silence over the rest of their lives to make up for my lack of involvement in their sorrow.
Far better to mark the tragedies in this world by having a day of making contact. If anyone wants to hold a day in memoriam of my losses, please don’t be silent - take a moment to email, write or call someone you love and just tell them you love them.

]]> By: StrivingLife.net » Cho Seung-Hui Against All: On Societies Need to Ostracize the Ill http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-230910 StrivingLife.net » Cho Seung-Hui Against All: On Societies Need to Ostracize the Ill Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:36:43 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-230910 [...] Edit: Looking for something else, I noticed some really great comments regarding this on another site. [...] [...] Edit: Looking for something else, I noticed some really great comments regarding this on another site. [...]

]]> By: Phillip Swindall http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-230431 Phillip Swindall Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:35:35 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/04/17/april-30-a-day-of-silence-on-the-blogosphere/#comment-230431 I think some people posting comments against a "day of silence" are not hearing what is being requested, but, rather interpreting what they think is being requested. As I have read all the way through from the original request to the comment above this one, I have come to one conclusion. Our normal responses to tragedies have done nothing to stop the tragedies from happening, so, perhaps another response might. Here's what I mean. In numerous religions, the practice of quiet meditation, of taking time to measure our thoughts, our words and our deeds against the measure of whatever the true measuring stick of our faith might be, is a noble effort and quite productive in that it gives us opportunity to relax, take a deep breath, collect our thoughts and then respond in a more productive, well though out manner to the tragedies and traumas that beset us all from time to time. Additionally, the discipline of creative solitude is another discipline that could be practiced during this "day of mourning" (and not just for the VT students, but for all who suffer injustice in this world). Take the time to, after having meditated and measured your response, seek for new and creative ways to say the same old things, so that they stir a positive response to the calls for response we surely should make. The freedom of speech is made so much more valuable when the freedom of silence is also practiced, instead of enforced. I think some people posting comments against a “day of silence” are not hearing what is being requested, but, rather interpreting what they think is being requested. As I have read all the way through from the original request to the comment above this one, I have come to one conclusion.

Our normal responses to tragedies have done nothing to stop the tragedies from happening, so, perhaps another response might.

Here’s what I mean. In numerous religions, the practice of quiet meditation, of taking time to measure our thoughts, our words and our deeds against the measure of whatever the true measuring stick of our faith might be, is a noble effort and quite productive in that it gives us opportunity to relax, take a deep breath, collect our thoughts and then respond in a more productive, well though out manner to the tragedies and traumas that beset us all from time to time.

Additionally, the discipline of creative solitude is another discipline that could be practiced during this “day of mourning” (and not just for the VT students, but for all who suffer injustice in this world). Take the time to, after having meditated and measured your response, seek for new and creative ways to say the same old things, so that they stir a positive response to the calls for response we surely should make.

The freedom of speech is made so much more valuable when the freedom of silence is also practiced, instead of enforced.

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