| Will you mourn the victims of the tsunami with a moment of silence at midnight? |
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Puck
The Texan
Joined: 05 Jan 2004
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 Fri Dec 31, 2004 1:12 pm Countries Take A Moment of Silence Before the New Year |
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CTV.ca
New Year's festivities tempered as world mourns
Tempered New Year's celebrations are a common occurrence throughout Sri Lanka following the tsunami.
Tempered New Year's celebrations are a common occurrence throughout Sri Lanka following the tsunami.
New Year's revelers in Bangkok, Thailand take a moment of silence to remember the lives lost.
New Year's revelers in Bangkok, Thailand take a moment of silence to remember the lives lost.
Australians look on as fireworks explode over Sydney's Harbour Bridge as it welcomes in the New Year, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005.
Australians look on as fireworks explode over Sydney's Harbour Bridge as it welcomes in the New Year, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2005.
CTV.ca News Staff
Updated: Fri. Dec. 31 2004 1:10 PM ET
New Year's celebrations were tempered Friday as revellers scaled down -- and in some cases cancelled festivities -- in honour of the more than 120,000 victims who perished in the tsunami disaster.
Australia ushered in the New Year with a moment of silence before fireworks exploded overhead Sydney's landmark Harbour Bridge.
In tsunami-ravaged Asian countries, celebrations were for the most part cancelled Friday as officials were too busy counting corpses, and trying to keep survivors alive with what little food and water there was left.
In Indonesia, the hardest hit country with close to 80,000 dead, government officials urged people to pray instead of celebrating.
"I call to all people to leave 2004 with a clear and honest reflection," President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, in his annual end-of-the-year address.
"Let's welcome the new year without a party because now we are filled with concern and sadness. We are still mourning.
"Let's pray together and hopefully God will not give us another disaster."
In Thailand, where the numbers of dead surpassed 4,500, the government called for all parties to be cancelled.
"The Thai government has called for co-operation from government agencies and the private sector to cancel all New Year celebrations," government spokesman Jakrapob Penkair said.
One of the scrapped celebrations was a public countdown in Bangkok which would have featured the Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and tennis stars Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams.
In Malaysia, fireworks displays were banned and celebrations were cancelled in a public sign of mourning in honour of at least 66 dead Malaysians.
China and Singapore were among other Asian countries which scaled back festivities.
Some European countries, such as Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Germany also planned to fly flags at half-mast to mark the beginning of 2005 as a day of mourning for European tourists, as well as the Asian citizens, who died in the devastated regions.
In Paris, black mourning crepe was placed on trees lining the Champs Elysees, Reuters reported. Several Italian cities also cancelled parties and pledged to donate saved money to charities.
In London, a two-minute silence was expected to precede a fireworks display along the River Thames.
Tourists and bar-owners in tsunami-ravaged locales like Phuket, Thailand said they were uneasy about
celebrating.
"Too many people died here. I cannot celebrate New Year," said Rene Vander Veen, from Waiblingen, Germany.
With files from Associated Press
� Copyright 2004 Bell Globemedia Inc.
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lionhead
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| Fri Dec 31, 2004 7:01 pm |
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I voted no. its not going too help or anything.
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Puck
The Texan
Joined: 05 Jan 2004
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| Fri Dec 31, 2004 9:19 pm |
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It's out of respect  . Usually when 122,000 people die people feel obligated to show some sign of mourning .
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Founder
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| Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:16 am |
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| lionhead wrote: | | I voted no. its not going too help or anything. |
Wow.....your a very sick person.
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lionhead
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| Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:30 am |
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| Founder wrote: | | lionhead wrote: | | I voted no. its not going too help or anything. |
Wow.....your a very sick person. |
Excuse me? Who are you to judge me? How dare you.
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Founder
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| Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:36 am |
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How dare I? You just said "I won't bow my head for one minute, at least out of respect for the lives lost, because it won't help anything." Ironic isn't it? You were b*****g about America being evil and you saying that. If anyone is evil its you.
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Leo Wyatt
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| Sat Jan 01, 2005 4:53 am |
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I will bow. Ignore mean comments.
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1/1
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Joined: 12 Apr 2002
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| Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:58 am |
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I would have done only I didn't realise it was midnight untill it was.
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lionhead
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| Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:10 am |
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| Founder wrote: | | How dare I? You just said "I won't bow my head for one minute, at least out of respect for the lives lost, because it won't help anything." Ironic isn't it? You were b*****g about America being evil and you saying that. If anyone is evil its you. |
i never sayed america is evil.
I already showed my respect by donating 100 Euro too the foundation.
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Dirt
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Joined: 19 May 2003
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| Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:28 am |
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Mass grieving is silly to me, it's a personal thing anyway. So a nono for me. 
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Lord Borg
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| Sat Jan 01, 2005 11:00 am |
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im afraid i didnt know about it so i didnt do it
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IntrepidIsMe
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Joined: 14 Jun 2002
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| Sat Jan 01, 2005 3:59 pm |
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Please, don't fight about it, sheesh.
I was silent, I suppose.... But that's because I was all alone watching the ball drop anyone, with nobody to talk to,
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Dirt
Exercise Boy
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| Sat Jan 01, 2005 5:43 pm |
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Aww, all the other cool kids were having an offline life aaron
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IntrepidIsMe
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| Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:48 pm |
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Well, I wasn't online when it happend, so ha.
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