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| | Subject: Honouring in her way... | Posted: November 6, 2009 @ 10:56 AM | | ...by means of applause as her deceased Army bomb disposal HERO of a husband passes in his coffin after being flown home from Afganistan.
This picture is on the front page of a British newspaper today and it made me stop in my tracks and want to cry ... to me Christina Schmid is as brave as her deceased husband Olaf 'Oz' Schmid. Her sheer courage and manner in which she applauds her husbands memory is IMO outstanding.
Yet...as always se has been criticised for clapping her husband whilst others chose to mark their respect with silence. Surely, we all have the right to choose ourselves what we deem fitting to honour our dead?
What you think?
CeCe xx |
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| | | | | | Subject: Honouring in her way... | Posted: November 6, 2009 @ 11:02 AM | | Dead or not..he's a Hero..and he get a standing ovation, shouldn't he?
Now, if she was partying with her top off I might raise an eyebrow...but applauding her husband in his service is not something one should be criticized for. There's so many other things in this world that people's voices could be used for...just silly to me. |
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| | Subject: Honouring in her way... | Posted: November 6, 2009 @ 11:13 AM | |
Quoting: Jenipher
Dead or not..he's a Hero..and shouldn't he get a standing ovation, shouldn't he?
Now, if she was partying with her top off I might raise and eyebrow...but applauding her husband in his service is not something one should be criticized for. There's so much other things in this world that people's voices could be used for...just silly to me.
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...she was stood roadside as his and the other servicemen who perished in the line of duty where brought home. Her smile and her applause may disconcert some but it is OBVIOUS to me she was beyond PROUD of the work her husband did and the scores of lives he saved whilst putting his life on the line to save others.
I say clap, cheer .. remain silent, cry..but, just respect each persons decision to how they choose to honour the dead.
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Women who are well behaved seldom make history..
* Week 8 of my 'Lighter Life' diet ... 5lbs put on, 1lb then lost so back down to 37lbs lost in total * |
| | | | | | Subject: Honouring in her way... | Posted: November 6, 2009 @ 11:21 AM | | Hi Claire  - I admire her strength and like her, would have clapped until my hands hurt. I see nothing disrespectful about her reaction as I think she is celebrating him not his death. |
| | | | | | Subject: Honouring in her way... | Posted: November 6, 2009 @ 1:13 PM | | looks like the guy behid her and next to her were clapping too......seriously people need to relax and get on with their own lives....
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| | | | | | Subject: Honouring in her way... | Posted: November 6, 2009 @ 1:47 PM | | It's her husband, she can do whatever she wants to do. Plain and simple. Until others (the critics) are in her shoes they should HUSH.
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| | | | | | Subject: Honouring in her way... | Posted: November 6, 2009 @ 10:34 PM | | Humm...I'm going to be the stupid one and say that I do not know who this lady and her husband are/was, but I will say that she should not be looked down upon for clapping as her husband and the others went by.
On the other hand there could always been that religious thing that people look at too. Because I know in Catholicism (not saying she is or not because I dunno! hehe) But in Mass, and at weddings and funerals...excuse the pun....but it is dead quiet in that church. So she could be getting some "cold shoulders" and critiques from the highly religious figures/people???
All that said.....Clap on hunny.....Clap on.
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