Comments on: A Minute’s Silence

By: Otto Waldmann

Otto Waldmann — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:34:44 +0000

Why isn’t anyone addressing this important request to the AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE as the most natural body to put forward the motion to the IOC !!!

We still have time to press the issue with them.
Also this matter should gain much larger public airing. For this one expects ECAJ and all other proffessional community blokes to show their faces on public venues, TV, more media cover etc.
I know they have incredible access to all those corridors of power, but general media, a groisse gurnisht !! Maybe we don’t pay them enough.

By: Shirlee

Shirlee — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:23:12 +0000

In reply to Raoul. A while ago I advocated for countries sympathetic to the idea to wear a black armband

By: surjit

surjit — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 22:10:17 +0000

In reply to Shirlee. Shirlee," Michael I am with you 100% on this ,as are many others, most of whom won't open their mouths " There lies the problem, we are so secared to speak the truth and also not to be labeled 'bigots and racist' It is about time to have minute's silence at every Olympic games.

By: Shirlee

Shirlee — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:14:17 +0000

In reply to Michael. Michael I am with you 100% on this, as are many others, most of whom won't open their mouths.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 03:57:09 +0000

In reply to PATRICIA. I agree completely that the IOC grant a minute's silence at the London Olympics in memory of the Israeli athletes murdered 40 years ago. BUT WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG?

By: Raoul

Raoul — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 02:05:07 +0000

I just read even the German Bundestag has now joined in and supports this motion.
But the OIC (or was it IOC?- probably much the same anyway) is not likely to concede to hold this simple gesture; too many petrodollars are at stake. Perhaps we can inspire some athletes to consider a small gesture instead when they enter the stadium which remembers their murdered comrades on the 40th anniversary of this heinous act. After all remembrance is a powerful weapon against repeating the same errors time and again.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:55:05 +0000

Let me understand The IOC Int Olympic Committee in order to attract Muslim woman into the Olympics and for the Arabs to move into 21 St century have just announced they will lower the Olympic standards in order for the Saudi Arabian woman to qualify for London .
However these are Arabs with Oil and Muslims who have a habit of turning to violence whenever they do not get their own way. Notwithstanding any memorial service to the Jews would upset the Arab/ Muslim world long with their leftist supporters and the Israeli Jews have nothing to offer this same IOC will not give any respect to the Jews , they are irrelevant in the big picture

Perhaps all our wonderful tireless interfaith . advocates in Melbourne and Sydney can talk to their Arab/Muslim counterparts over a cup of Turkish coffee and ask them to sign the petition and go out and bat for the Jews of this issue. After all if the situation was reversed there would be no shortage of Progressive Jews and probably the Anti- Def commission stalwarts that would sign any Muslim petition.

By: Stan

Stan — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:20:37 +0000

A minute’s silence isn’t a lot to ask to honour the memory of Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorist scum.
The IOC and the world as a whole have very short memories when it comes to Palestinian terror and this gesture would be a simple reminder.

By: debbie

debbie — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:19:28 +0000

Not to give one short minute of remembrance to murdered athletes? Could it be that this one short minute denied because they were Jewish? Israeli? Yes, absolutely!

By: PATRICIA

PATRICIA — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 04:39:48 +0000

We, Edward and Patricia Jones – DO WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE PETITION TO THE I.O.C -TO ALLOW ONE(1) MINUTES SILENCE IN MEMORY OF THE ELEVEN ISRAELI ATHLETES WHO WERE SO CRUELLY MURDERED AT THE MUNICH OLYMPICS 40 YEARS AGO. IT WILL BE TO THE EVERLASTING SHAME OF THE I.O.C LONDON COMMITTEE IF THIS REQUEST, BY THOUSANDS OF CARING PEOPLE, IS DISREGARDED.