Enjoy the Silence?
photo by cambiodefractal at flickr
I feel like I know everything and more about guerilla marketing since my friend started to work in this type of business. Flashmobs are as well kind of boring to me. I mean, the idea is often nice, but most of the time it’s more fun to watch it on YouTube than experiencing it live. So I’ve had mixed feelings when I first heard about this new happening in Berlin on Monday. From 14:15 to 14:25h there will be a public silence at the second floor of the Hauptbahnhof. But the idea behind it is not some kind of protest. It’s about a shared experience of meditation. Find out why I am so skeptical about the whole thing after the jump.
For me a minute of silence has always been a very strong action and I consider it to be a very serious gesture. Turning the idea of public silence as a protest into a spiritual meditation doesn’t work for me. To be honest I would almost describe it as ridiculous and I really wonder if the Marihuana lobby is behind this trying to establish the clean Hauptbahnhof as place for drug dealings. If silence doesn’t even mean anything anymore than speaking becomes just as meaningless. For everyone who thinks differently here is the information.
by Claudio
on March 16th, 2009
in Misc.
4 Comments »
March 16th, 2009 at 13:48h
du hast recht. wirklich ne doofe idee. flash mobs sind ueberfluessig genug, und dann public meditation erst recht.
March 16th, 2009 at 23:11h
uhuh never tired of finding something to moralize about?
March 16th, 2009 at 23:24h
Well I wouldn’t say moralize. I prefer to call myself an honest and distinguished bitch!
May 21st, 2009 at 23:07h
morgen 22. Mai ist wieder eine Public Silence … ich fand es stark, mache es wieder …