On Remembrance Day of this year, there was a movement in Canada for everything to come to a stop for two minutes, to somehow mark that fact that this is the last Remembrance Day before the Millennium (or so was reported). A dubious reason to be sure, but a good idea nonetheless. The idea was that buses, subways, businesses, etc. were to pause for two minutes of silence at 11:00 AM. I personally think this is a great idea.
What I expected to happen with this was exactly what did. What I am referring to is that some people thought that this was a “severe inconvenience” and someone I overheard likened it to being “hijacked” when their transit bus pulled over for two minutes. Lets ignore for the moment the idea that was behind this. ITS TWO MINUTES!!! How inconvenient is it really for you. What would you be doing with that two minutes otherwise? The guy who was “severely inconvenienced” was about my age, and he should get his damned priorities straight. Lets place him in the mid-forties of this century and have him repeat his statement. Jackass.