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philly_bob

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13. I would have been silent, but without standing up or bowing my head.

Reply to Violet_Crumble (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 05:13 PM

Dec 2011

I remember I was copy editor of a student newspaper when J.Edgar Hoover died. Someone wrote a critical editorial about his death. I wrote the equally critical headline "Good Riddance to a Bad Man" and the writer got really mad at me.

You don't crow publicly over someone's death.

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Mass boycott leads to awkward silence at UN Kim tribute [View all] Violet_Crumble Dec 2011 OP

after reading the article Quantess Dec 2011 #1

Perhaps NK will remind the US and the others dipsydoodle Dec 2011 #2

How would you handle a tribute proposed for Hitler or Stalin? n/t 24601 Dec 2011 #4

A minute's applause, maybe. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2011 #6

Eisenhower gave condolences on Stalin's death David__77 Dec 2011 #7

And so did Churchill Spider Jerusalem Dec 2011 #9

The minute silence is a fairly normal UN protocol for leaders who die in office. David__77 Dec 2011 #10

Two thirds of the UN membership boycotted this, not just "the West." (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2011 #11

Not as far as I am aware generally accorded to dictators. Spider Jerusalem Dec 2011 #12

hmm, a fairly petty move i must say to boycott Bodhi BloodWave Dec 2011 #3

Really this is the best we can do... Kalidurga Dec 2011 #5

as do we. noamnety Dec 2011 #8

I would have been silent, but without standing up or bowing my head. philly_bob Dec 2011 #13