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rustychisel 04-08-2013 08:09 AM

Baroness Thatcher RIP
 
announced less than an hour ago, after a stroke.

I cannot overlook the disgraceful divisions she wrought through English society. Pitting people against their kin is no claim to greatness, no matter what else they have achieved or spearheaded.

clyde the point 04-08-2013 08:15 AM

God save the Queen.

corky 04-08-2013 08:21 AM

Margaret Thatcher...... the milk snatcher

rugbysecondrow 04-08-2013 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rustychisel (Post 1326495)
announced less than an hour ago, after a stroke.

I cannot overlook the disgraceful divisions she wrought through English society. Pitting people against their kin is no claim to greatness, no matter what else they have achieved or spearheaded.

Whats the point of this?

zap 04-08-2013 08:32 AM

Agreed.

Show some respect.....

FlashUNC 04-08-2013 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by rugbysecondrow (Post 1326502)
Whats the point of this?

Going out on a limb, but I don't think the OP liked Maggie very much.

veggieburger 04-08-2013 08:43 AM

Maggie Thatcher was a great politician. RIP.

rugbysecondrow 04-08-2013 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by FlashUNC (Post 1326511)
Going out on a limb, but I don't think the OP liked Maggie very much.

Sure, but that doesn't mean there was a point to it.

Marz 04-08-2013 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zap (Post 1326507)
Agreed.

Show some respect.....

Why?

Because she died?

corky 04-08-2013 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rugbysecondrow (Post 1326522)
Sure, but that doesn't mean there was a point to it.

I think the point is that the Op believes that she wasn't a GREAT politician. Knowing that everyone will pronounce her as one......

She held firm to her principles, smashed the grip unions had on industry for better or worse but I remember doing homework by candlelight because of her 'iron lady' persona...... I remember those poor miners that suffered so much......

Marz 04-08-2013 09:16 AM

I remember how she harboured and supported Chile's General Augusto Pinochet who tortured children in front of their parents.

I remember how she ordered the sinking of a retreating warship, the General Belgrano resulting in the loss of hundreds of Argentinian sailors.

I remember her opposition to sanctions against apartheid South Africa.

I remember her support for the Khmer Rouge.

rugbysecondrow 04-08-2013 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by corky (Post 1326531)
I think the point is that the Op believes that she wasn't a GREAT politician. Knowing that everyone will pronounce her as one......

She held firm to her principles, smashed the grip unions had on industry for better or worse but I remember doing homework by candlelight because of her 'iron lady' persona...... I remember those poor miners that suffered so much......

If that is the point, then it seems to go against the rules of the forum, no politics.

It does seem disengenious to start and RIP thread to just kick the corpse, no?

Marz 04-08-2013 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by rugbysecondrow (Post 1326545)
If that is the point, then it seems to go against the rules of the forum, no politics.

It does seem disengenious to start and RIP thread to just kick the corpse, no?

Her corpse deserves kicking.

veggieburger 04-08-2013 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Marz (Post 1326547)
Her corpse deserves kicking.

Wow. Perhaps this thread should be stricken from the records.

gdw 04-08-2013 09:26 AM

If ever there was a thread which deserves to closed and removed......


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