So how do you feel about Margaret Thatcher's death
- Thread starter scorn the biomage
- Start date
Go ahead, you have the right to peaceful protest and all that, but bear in mind that every Westborough Baptist member who pickets the funeral of a dead soldier hides behind the argument that they're "picketing what [he] represents". Justify it however you want, your being at the funeral won't change the fact that she's getting a state funeral and it won't change what she has done. All it will do is tarnish what is supposed to be a day of mourning for family, friends and well wishers.Mr F. said:
Whether you agree with her policies or hate them, everyone deserves to be laid to rest in a manner of their choosing without people dragging politics into it.
Oh and regarding the Belgrano, in the opinion of everyone I've ever talked to who's educated on military law and the situation, there's unanimous acceptance that it wasn't illegal. The captain of the Belgrano agreed that it wasn't illegal. The Rear Admiral in charge of the Argentinian Navy at the time agreed it wasn't illegal.
Never a truer word said.Me55enger said:
She was by no means perfect, but politics is not a binary game: you don't break one thing and expect it to perfectly fix another.
Thatcher was the last PM to actually do something with the country. It was destructive to many, but ultimately necessary judging by what I've read (like you I was born too late to experience it) and it was a damn sight better than what any of the politicians I've grown up with have done; sitting in Westminster, slinging mud and having a pissing contest to see who can look like the bigger bunch of ineffective twats.
No one ever made history by conforming.
Erg, just a slight over reaction.Dijkstra said:
Thatcher is accused by her critics of being aggressive and stubborn. Mr. F is being aggressive and stubborn. They are acting in a similar manner. That's all there is to my point. Thatcher's homophobia and support of Pinochet had nothing to do with my point. Both Thatcher and Mr. F are expressing similar personality traits.
Has that clarified it?
Sorry, having too much fun with the mental image of Thatcher sitting in a dark gave wearing a robe and with a beard planning out which new way she's going to get the milk from those damn kids...Lieju said:
Preferably using ACME equipment.
On a more serious note: I can understand people not mourning her death, but you'd kind of expect people to at least be respectful. Can't imagine many people would be happy if people danced on their graves when they died.
I'm happy. Not only was she a monster, tearing apart communities, taxing the poor unfairly, neglecting those who needed help and ignoring travesties of justice, I'm from Hong Kong and she gave away my home.
If any of you give me that "don't speak ill of the dead" guff, here's my answer...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-death-etiquette
If any of you give me that "don't speak ill of the dead" guff, here's my answer...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/08/margaret-thatcher-death-etiquette
i dont even know who the heck this person was 
but if she was a really bad person to the states, i should know who it is, since they amplify every detail of negativity in their country.
then again, im Canadian.
anywho, if she was a rotten human, well i hope she does burns in hell! and im not even religious.
but if she was a really bad person to the states, i should know who it is, since they amplify every detail of negativity in their country.then again, im Canadian.
anywho, if she was a rotten human, well i hope she does burns in hell! and im not even religious.
... Your home that was effectively stolen from another country? What us this I'm reading?!Images said:
Dude...she ain't getting a state funeral. It's all private, according to her wishes.Mr F. said:
Mostly this, though if I sound disrespectful I'm certainly not sorry for it, because she was a bad person. But regardless, I don't get sad when old famous people die.Jezzascmezza said:
