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Margaret Thatcher dies at age 87 - Page 2
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MasterOfPuppets
Romania6942 Posts
Rest in peace. | ||
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Gowerly
United Kingdom916 Posts
There's Mark, the Arms Dealer. Caroline seems ok enough, but there was that gollywog incident. No real point in discussing her politics. They are super devisive. For those that really disliked her, best to just be indifferent about the whole thing. She made a fantastic Spitting Image character, though (for you UK people). I really hope it blows over in the News quickly, though. Top 4 BBC stories all about her death. One is enough, surely. | ||
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ThomasjServo
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
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Deleuze
United Kingdom2102 Posts
On April 08 2013 22:11 Gowerly wrote: I wouldn't feel too bad for the family, to be honest. There's Mark, the Arms Dealer. Caroline seems ok enough, but there was that gollywog incident. No real point in discussing her politics. They are super devisive. For those that really disliked her, best to just be indifferent about the whole thing. She made a fantastic Spitting Image character, though (for you UK people). I really hope it blows over in the News quickly, though. Top 4 BBC stories all about her death. One is enough, surely. This I can indeed attest to. | ||
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Grumbels
Netherlands7031 Posts
On April 08 2013 21:38 Hitch-22 wrote: The single sexiest female politician to ever come onto the centre stage. Her ability to exert mass amounts of subtle power over people and dominate political intrigue is an example today's women need to start catching a hold of, it wasn't her looks that dictated her attractiveness nor prestige but her intelligence, confidence and ability to sway diverse opinion with a treasure trove of word smith techniques that comes unmatched by most through history. She will be remembered in kind, whether people realize it today or not. You are politicizing her death just as much as people that would use her death as an opportunity to state how they disagreed with her policies. | ||
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Hitch-22
Canada753 Posts
On April 08 2013 22:22 Grumbels wrote: You are politicizing her death just as much as people that would use her death as an opportunity to state how they disagreed with her policies. How so if you don't mind me asking? This is my opinion. | ||
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IRL_Sinister
Ireland621 Posts
On April 08 2013 21:29 Jockmcplop wrote: I will refrain from posting my opinions about her here, but will leave sincere condolences to her family x I'm with this. | ||
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Atom Cannister
Germany380 Posts
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Itachii
Poland12466 Posts
On April 08 2013 22:30 Atom Cannister wrote: This topic should refrain from anything other than RIP and the like, I think. It should but it won't because people are dumb. RIP | ||
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Larkin
United Kingdom7161 Posts
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Grumbels
Netherlands7031 Posts
On April 08 2013 22:23 Hitch-22 wrote: How so if you don't mind me asking? This is my opinion. Very simple. Margaret Thatcher dies and then if someone would debate the wrongness of her politics, that person would be attacked for politicizing a death. On the other hand, if she dies and someone praises her that's considered perfectly acceptable, even if it's also politicizing a death. | ||
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Zaros
United Kingdom3692 Posts
On April 08 2013 22:33 Larkin wrote: I'm not going to refrain for one minute from giving my thanks that one of the most bigoted, out of touch, aristocratic politicians Britain has ever seen has finally passed. She single handedly set our economy on a path that does nothing but harm the worker and benefit the business. Obviously in her old age she was just a harmless, slightly kooky old racist but I'm so glad she's gone. Ordinarily it would be representative of the end of an era, but her lapdog Cameron is still around to ruin the country further. How in the hell is she aristocratic, do you even know who she is? As for the rest they are political but show some respect. | ||
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Larkin
United Kingdom7161 Posts
On April 08 2013 22:36 Zaros wrote: How in the hell is she aristocratic, do you even know who she is? As for the rest they are political but show some respect. In the sense that she supported top to bottom over anything else. | ||
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Hitch-22
Canada753 Posts
On April 08 2013 22:35 Grumbels wrote: Very simple. Margaret Thatcher dies and then if someone would debate the wrongness of her politics, that person would be attacked for politicizing a death. On the other hand, if she dies and someone praises her that's considered perfectly acceptable, even if it's also politicizing a death. I have no issue with someone debating her politics but saying what I thought of her is just what I thought of her on a forum, I found her ability to maintain power in a time where womens equality was challenged daily and how she handled herself both privately and politically was profound. Call it as you will, I have no issue with someone questioning her politics now or when she was alive. | ||
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Eatme
Switzerland3919 Posts
On a sidenote I have to say that I really like her son for the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt. Unfortunately it failed but I really wanted to do that myself since around the turn of the millenia. | ||
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Acertos
France852 Posts
On April 08 2013 22:33 Larkin wrote: I'm not going to refrain for one minute from giving my thanks that one of the most bigoted, out of touch, aristocratic politicians Britain has ever seen has finally passed. She single handedly set our economy on a path that does nothing but harm the worker and benefit the business. Obviously in her old age she was just a harmless, slightly kooky old racist but I'm so glad she's gone. Ordinarily it would be representative of the end of an era, but her lapdog Cameron is still around to ruin the country further. I'm with you on this, i hope she doesn't get too much credit and even tough she was one of the bigger figures of UK during the 80s it was not for good reasons in my opinion (aside from her piercing through machism). Btw i think she wasnt born with a golden spoon, her father owned some kind of store. | ||
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ThaSlayer
707 Posts
On April 08 2013 22:33 Larkin wrote: I'm not going to refrain for one minute from giving my thanks that one of the most bigoted, out of touch, aristocratic politicians Britain has ever seen has finally passed. She single handedly set our economy on a path that does nothing but harm the worker and benefit the business. Obviously in her old age she was just a harmless, slightly kooky old racist but I'm so glad she's gone. Ordinarily it would be representative of the end of an era, but her lapdog Cameron is still around to ruin the country further. It feels as if you just used pseudo-politcal terms of all sorts to vent your rage. Thatcher is definitely the most polarizing figures of her time and you either loved or hated her, with or without good reason. While I shall not comment on her policies, she certainly displayed a ballsy attitude which puts most politicians today to shame. RIP | ||
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Larkin
United Kingdom7161 Posts
On April 08 2013 22:51 ThaSlayer wrote: It feels as if you just used pseudo-politcal terms of all sorts to vent your rage. Thatcher is definitely the most polarizing figures of her time and you either loved or hated her, with or without good reason. While I shall not comment on her policies, she certainly displayed a ballsy attitude which puts most politicians today to shame. RIP Rage is a bit of an overstatement, I'm not particularly angry. Yes she was certainly ballsy and a powerful politician but she was totally ignorant of what she was doing to the people of the country or she just didn't care. She put entire towns out of work, then wondered why the economy was a little bit broken. She essentially kick started a vicious cycle of boom and bust. | ||
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Acertos
France852 Posts
On April 08 2013 22:39 Larkin wrote: In the sense that she supported top to bottom over anything else. I can't understand what you meant by that, could you explain? | ||
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