Moments of Silence are Bullshit

I'm getting really tired of moments of silence. Ostensibly engaged in to honor the dead or pray or whatever, to me they just represent the illusion of having done something. Clearly praying isn't accomplishing anything, and chances are those indulging in the moment (notice it's only a "moment" of silence and not an hour or week) are probably just praying for a victory of their fantasy football team, anyway. 

Let's use legislature's moment of silence for gun victims (feel free to substitute your favorite tragedy) as an example. The coercion to engage in the moment of silence is overwhelming, so everyone feels obligated to sit there for a moment and DOES NOTHING. Nothing is accomplished with regard to discussing or fixing a problem. But it gets everyone off the hook. Members can narcissistically delude themselves into feeling self-satisfied, but they have done nothing.

 So next time someone calls for a moment of silence, stand up and shout, "Bullshit! Let's discuss what we can do for victims and their families, or how could we prevent another tragedy. Let's do something." After all, god helps those who help themselves and s/he's had very little to do in the way of helping anyone lately.