Baroness Thatcher RIP

[rustychisel]

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]

God save the Queen.

[corky]

Margaret Thatcher...... the milk snatcher

[rugbysecondrow]

Originally Posted by rustychisel

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]

Agreed.

Show some respect.....

[FlashUNC]

Originally Posted by rugbysecondrow

Whats the point of this?

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

[veggieburger]

Maggie Thatcher was a great politician. RIP.

[rugbysecondrow]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

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]

Originally Posted by zap

Agreed.

Show some respect.....

Why?

Because she died?

[corky]

Originally Posted by rugbysecondrow

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]

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]

Originally Posted by corky

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]

Originally Posted by rugbysecondrow

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]

Originally Posted by Marz

Her corpse deserves kicking.

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

[gdw]

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