re what part of no don t you understand in article apr midway uchicago edu eeb midway uchicago edu writes in article rbh n hav kyle eitech com ekr kyle eitech com eric rescorla writes in article apr midway uchicago edu eeb midway uchicago edu writes a moment of silence doesn t mean much unless everyone participates otherwise it s not silent now is it non religious reasons for having a moment of silence for a dead classmate to comfort the friends by showing respect to the deceased to give the classmates a moment to grieve together to give the friends a moment to remember their classmate in the context of the school to deal with the fact that the classmate is gone so that it s not disruptive later yeah all well and good the fact is though that the pro school prayer types have tried to use a moment of silence as a way to get prayer back at my high school for instance our dear principal ended the moment of silence with amen i can certainly see opposing the amen but that doesn t require opposing a moment of silence i see it as the camel s nose i ll back off when they do does anybody else besides me see a vicious circle here i guarantee you the people who want school prayer aren t going to back off when they can t even manage to get a quiet moment for their kids to pray silently i m willing to take my chances on winning the whole thing personally ekr eric rescorla ekr eitech com what we ve got here is failure to communicate
