Stuttgart Gaming Tournament Canceled

[wild_quinine]

the tourney guys should have had the moment of silence, just to get the government off their back.

Do you think that murder suspects should express condolences to the families of victims, because they feel bad for them? There's no way that kind of expression of common human compassion could work against them in a court of law, after all...?

No, the hosts were spot on.

Giving a minute of silence would have been a mark of respect. But

1) Respect is something you give, not something that should be demanded under threat.

2) Showing respect when it can severely compromise you in other ways is not necessarily a good thing to do.

Further, when showing respect can compromise you, it is even worse than usual to coerce such respect. The city should be ASHAMED.

3) Displays of respect are absolutely not a requirement of any kind. It's still perfectly legal (and possibly even moral) to go about your day being a complete asshole, as long as you don't break any laws (duh - tautology). That's what freedom is really all about. If freedom was just freedom to be perfectly polite and obey all social mores, it wouldn't be freedom - it would be hell.

I think it's good that the hosts took a strong stance and denied any connection instead of mourning for something that they aren't in the slightest responsible for.

What he said.