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> > I think you are allowed to have a moment of silence, expecially if some tragidy had occured. A moment of silence is like haveing the flags at half-mast, a sign of respect. The respect is directed to any particualar diety, or even a diety at all in some cases, so I don't see any problem with it.
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> > Speed'thatsall'ball
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> Well, that's a completely different issue. Yeah, for a tragedy I'd assume that a moment of silence can be observed, but that's different than a regular moment of silence that could be used for prayer (this idea of a "moment of silence" to be used for whatever students want is I believe one of the compromises certain religious elements were going for back when this was a big issue a few years ago).
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> Stephen

The trouble there is, unless the silence is strongly enforced, it will be come a "moment of chatting." We were supposed to be quiet for the announcement over the intercom in high-school but if the theacher in the class didn't tell everyone to be quiet, every day, no one would. I don't see any thing diffrent with the moment of silence. Thats just high school students for you.

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