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Baroness Thatcher passed away
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Why the comparison to a dictator responsible for mass genocide and the 2nd world war?Adolf Hitler hurt a lot of people in order to change the world but I don't see anyone saying he was a great statesman.
Thatcher was a fanatic - and those who share her basic views don't mind that, but she was also an unpleasant individual: she treated her colleagues like dirt and insisted on getting her own way all the time. If this is 'greatness' so be it, but it doesn't mean she was a good person. I feel sorry for those who loved her, but I can't feel sorry for her.
And are you bitter because she treated her colleagues like dirt or are you bitter because you are at the opposite end of the political spectrum?0 -
Ironic Northern Ireland brings in a bag tax the same day the old bag dies ."Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"0
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What did she do that "hurt" you?Adolf Hitler hurt a lot of people in order to change the world but I don't see anyone saying he was a great statesman.
Thatcher was a fanatic - and those who share her basic views don't mind that, but she was also an unpleasant individual: she treated her colleagues like dirt and insisted on getting her own way all the time. If this is 'greatness' so be it, but it doesn't mean she was a good person. I feel sorry for those who loved her, but I can't feel sorry for her.0 -
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she nicked my school milk"Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"0
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angrypirate wrote: »Rejoicing in anyones death is disgusting no matter how much you disagree with them
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Adolf Hitler hurt a lot of people in order to change the world but I don't see anyone saying he was a great statesman.
Thatcher was a fanatic - and those who share her basic views don't mind that, but she was also an unpleasant individual: she treated her colleagues like dirt and insisted on getting her own way all the time. If this is 'greatness' so be it, but it doesn't mean she was a good person. I feel sorry for those who loved her, but I can't feel sorry for her.
We get the idea that you weren't her number one fan but why you have to keep on saying it who knows. I doubt, at this stage, you will persuade anyone to your mean minded view.
If you contented yourself with an indication that you neither liked her nor her policies then that would be one thing but the "luvely jubbly" phrase and associated emoticons coupled with comparison with Adolf Hitler is just offensive but then that is probably what you are setting out to be.
I'll add my anecdote. She came to speak to my Sixth Form in late 1960 something. My impressions at the time were:
1. She knew her stuff
2. She was clear and straightforward
3. She was kind and considerate however daft the questions from students were but when a teacher tried(stupidly IMO) to trip her up on something she had said she cut him to ribbons which was a pleasure to see. She seemed then and later to be a formidable [political operator with a clear vision and and abiding honesty. Even if you fervently disagreed with her policies and politics it is small minded not to give credit for what she was.0 -
The SDLP MP Mark Durkan said Baroness Thatcher had made a "controversial impact" on political life and "divided opinion".
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams said she had caused "great hurt to the Irish and British people" during her time as Prime Minister.
"Working class communities were devastated in Britain because of her policies," he said.
Even the politicians wont lie for her."Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"0 -
angrypirate wrote: »Another idiot who cant bite their tongue for 24 hours.
Old Git is putting it more than nicely!0 -
"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0
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