Days of Silence

Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:33 pm

Do you participate in days of silence? They're usually just selected days where you carry around a piece of paper that says you're not speaking that day because you're protesting something. I've done two for the oppression that homo/bisexuals face, one for people killed in drunk driving accidents, and a pro-life on today.

Have you ever done any?

Warning: This is a poll to state if you HAVE OR HAVE NOT done a day of silence. Anybody who starts getting prissy over the purposes for those days will be very sorry they said anything. This isn't a debate, just a poll.

Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:35 pm

No... infact, I never heard of them untill now.

Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:07 pm

I have never heard of this 'Day of Silence' you speak of. I would love to participate it but I cannot even keep quiet for 5 minutes, 24 hours would be very difficult for me.

Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:06 pm

I've never heard of such a thing before.

So no, I haven't participated in one.

Fri Oct 22, 2004 9:22 pm

I've also never heard of it, but it seems very interesting. Something I'd do (but something my friends wouldn't cause they're all such news-uninformed people and they'd call me crazy, shame).

Fri Oct 22, 2004 10:22 pm

I've never heard of it, however, I'm not sure if I would want to though.

Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:16 pm

Nope, never heard of it, and I don't really want to do it.

I talk to much.

Website · Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:57 pm

I've never heard of it too. But then, I think protesting isn't protesting if you don't talk.

Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:09 am

I did part of a Day of Silence last year for the GLBT community. The rest of the day I spent explaining to others at school why people were being silent, and sort of acting as a go-between, which I felt was more important.

A lot of people went silent just for one class so they wouldn't have to deal with the teacher, though, which sort of ticked me off. It's not a thing to do unless you believe in the principles.

Anyhow, that's the only Day of Silence that I've ever heard of, or that's been around my school. I think it's particularly good for this issue, as it mirrors the way those with different sexual preferences, have to keep silent, but frankly, I don't think that it's the most effective form of protest in general. I prefer doing more active things, like campaigning.

Sat Oct 23, 2004 1:14 am

Kitten Medli wrote:No... infact, I never heard of them untill now.

Same for me. However...24 hours would be hard for me.

Sat Oct 23, 2004 2:32 am

The problem for me would be keeping quiet.

Sat Oct 23, 2004 2:38 am

Atamand wrote:The problem for me would be keeping quiet.

Exactly what I was gonna say...you can't keep me quiet for nothin.

Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:08 am

Wow, I've never heard about a 'Day of Silence' before until I read this...

But I don't think it'd be possible for me, I'm always running off my mouth at something

Sat Oct 23, 2004 3:17 am

Never heard of this day of silence thingy before either. I couldn't do it. Even when I'm online and no one's around I talk. Like sometimes when I type "Chu" over IM I say it because it sounds cute.

(and when I typed it in this post I said it)

Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:39 am

I would very much like to do one someday, but the times there's been days of silence for things I care about, I only hear about it afterwards.

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