The whole point of the introduction of the public period of shared silence to respect those lost in the military, was to stop the previous culture of glorification of War (white feathers to those who refused the mob mentality that only cowards would not join up and die when ordered!, etc) - especially since War became an Industrialised Machine (machine guns, tanks, accurate artillery, etc) - if you refuse to participate, pardon me for mistaking your publicly expressed reasons.

Sadly, some now seem to think that that period of silence now glorifies War....