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Title: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: madman3 on April 08, 2013, 07:07:55 AM
BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE, MORTALS!
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Meganerdbomb on April 08, 2013, 07:31:57 AM
I'm not sure what kind of reaction that is.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Jonzu95 on April 08, 2013, 07:34:34 AM
wot
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Meganerdbomb on April 08, 2013, 07:36:42 AM
wot
Margret Thatcher just died, apparently.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Jonzu95 on April 08, 2013, 09:36:09 AM
wot
Margret Thatcher just died, apparently.
Just noticed it from the finnish news-website... never knew her, so I don't really care.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: madman3 on April 08, 2013, 09:42:29 AM
wot
Margret Thatcher just died, apparently.
Just noticed it from the finnish news-website... never knew her, so I don't really care.
She's extremely unpopular here in retrospect over her time as Prime-minister.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Naryar on April 08, 2013, 10:37:20 AM
i liked her
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Reier on April 08, 2013, 11:07:13 AM
BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE, MORTALS!
That's sick.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: madman3 on April 08, 2013, 11:09:23 AM
i liked her
All her impressive confidence aside, her policies were terrible.
BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE, MORTALS!
That's sick.
I wasn't exactly being serious, but dear god, she was one of the least caring people on the planet, so it may well be appropriate.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Reier on April 08, 2013, 11:10:39 AM
BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE, MORTALS!
That's sick.
I wasn't exactly being serious, but dear god, she was one of the least caring people on the planet, so it may well be appropriate.
I can't stand Obama at all but I'm not gonna go around gloating if he kicks the bucket.
The fact that you said you weren't even serious just shows how frivolous you think this is. Show some respect.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: madman3 on April 08, 2013, 11:14:33 AM
BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE, MORTALS!
That's sick.
I wasn't exactly being serious, but dear god, she was one of the least caring people on the planet, so it may well be appropriate.
I can't stand Obama at all but I'm not gonna go around gloating if he kicks the bucket.
The fact that you said you weren't even serious just shows how frivolous you think this is. Show some respect.
I'm sorry, but I'm not going to show respect to one of the most despicable people on the planet, dead or alive.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: madman3 on April 08, 2013, 11:17:40 AM
BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE, MORTALS!
That's sick.
I wasn't exactly being serious, but dear god, she was one of the least caring people on the planet, so it may well be appropriate.
I can't stand Obama at all but I'm not gonna go around gloating if he kicks the bucket.
The fact that you said you weren't even serious just shows how frivolous you think this is. Show some respect.
I'm sorry, but I'm not going to show respect to one of the most despicable people on the planet, dead or alive.
Great logic
+1
Perhaps it makes me despicable, but then again, there are many people we've celebrated the death of. Even if I exaggerated my general reaction with that first comment, it doesn't stop the fact that we are glad that (admittedly much worse) people are dead.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Philippa on April 08, 2013, 11:23:15 AM
In the back of her hearse they will be trying to fit "Prime Minister Thatcher" in flowers in the back, but there wont be any room for that. So they'll shorten it to PMT.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: cephalopod on April 08, 2013, 11:23:34 AM
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/people-with-no-idea-who-thatcher-was-ecstatic-that-shes-dead-2013040865066 (http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/people-with-no-idea-who-thatcher-was-ecstatic-that-shes-dead-2013040865066)
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: madman3 on April 08, 2013, 11:28:41 AM
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/people-with-no-idea-who-thatcher-was-ecstatic-that-shes-dead-2013040865066 (http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/people-with-no-idea-who-thatcher-was-ecstatic-that-shes-dead-2013040865066)
There is definitely an element of that, but the fact does stand that she did lots of damage to the UK economy and caused major unemployment, although she did manage to start repairing it. However, her excessive privatization definitely did not really work at all, and her ridiculous spending on the justice system was an obvious waste.

Also, believe me, all my senior relatives who were around at the time (that's everyone but my brother and cousin) are celebrating, and I'm aware of what she did.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on April 08, 2013, 11:47:13 AM
Huh, I thought more people liked Mags, they had that movie of her a little while back, and apparently she survived a bombing.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Naryar on April 08, 2013, 11:53:03 AM
lol @ reier being a moralfag

i think someone's been trolled
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: GoldenFox93 on April 08, 2013, 12:01:23 PM
I'm not sure what kind of reaction that is.
Can't say I follow Politics a great deal, but it's a downright venomous one. Old lady with dementia dies, and to him it's a cause for celebration.
 
 
And at the same time, it gives me an unfortunate idea of what that facist broad Kirchner and her toadies will make of it.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Meganerdbomb on April 08, 2013, 02:56:14 PM
BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE, MORTALS!
That's sick.
I wasn't exactly being serious, but dear god, she was one of the least caring people on the planet, so it may well be appropriate.
I can't stand Obama at all but I'm not gonna go around gloating if he kicks the bucket.
The fact that you said you weren't even serious just shows how frivolous you think this is. Show some respect.
I'm sorry, but I'm not going to show respect to one of the most despicable people on the planet, dead or alive.
You're a dumbass. Margret Thatcher was probably the best Prime Minister you've ever had besides Churchill. She wasn't a pinko commie like all your leaders these days.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: madman3 on April 08, 2013, 03:18:29 PM
BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE, MORTALS!
That's sick.
I wasn't exactly being serious, but dear god, she was one of the least caring people on the planet, so it may well be appropriate.
I can't stand Obama at all but I'm not gonna go around gloating if he kicks the bucket.
The fact that you said you weren't even serious just shows how frivolous you think this is. Show some respect.
I'm sorry, but I'm not going to show respect to one of the most despicable people on the planet, dead or alive.
You're a dumbass. Margret Thatcher was probably the best Prime Minister you've ever had besides Churchill. She wasn't a pinko commie like all your leaders these days.
She really didn't achieve much at all. Churchill wasn't great either because as soon as the war was over he spent far too much time dealing with the West Indies. I cannot see how she was a good leader at all.

Besides, we don't even have any actual left wing parties in the UK anymore (besides Green but no-one votes for them), so we really don't have any leaders who come close to being "commies".
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: smashysmashy on April 08, 2013, 03:21:25 PM
I know my opinion means squat, but I thought she was a rather good Prime Minister. Either way, everyone's allowed to have their own opinion. It's a shame she's passed, but I suppose she's been ill for a while. Good leader or not, it's best we show her the respect that she deserves now she's no longer with us.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: madman3 on April 08, 2013, 03:24:43 PM
I know my opinion means squat, but I thought she was a rather good Prime Minister. Either way, everyone's allowed to have their own opinion. It's a shame she's passed, but I suppose she's been ill for a while. Good leader or not, it's best we show her the respect that she deserves now she's no longer with us.
I've got nothing against the woman she was post-retirement, but prior I feel her political influences were mostly negative.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Meganerdbomb on April 08, 2013, 03:28:05 PM
BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE, MORTALS!
That's sick.
I wasn't exactly being serious, but dear god, she was one of the least caring people on the planet, so it may well be appropriate.
I can't stand Obama at all but I'm not gonna go around gloating if he kicks the bucket.
The fact that you said you weren't even serious just shows how frivolous you think this is. Show some respect.
I'm sorry, but I'm not going to show respect to one of the most despicable people on the planet, dead or alive.
You're a dumbass. Margret Thatcher was probably the best Prime Minister you've ever had besides Churchill. She wasn't a pinko commie like all your leaders these days.
She really didn't achieve much at all. Churchill wasn't great either because as soon as the war was over he spent far too much time dealing with the West Indies. I cannot see how she was a good leader at all.

Besides, we don't even have any actual left wing parties in the UK anymore (besides Green but no-one votes for them), so we really don't have any leaders who come close to being "commies".
She didn't take sh** from anyone, especially not Argentina, and that's what's important in a leader. Also, she was good friends with Ronaldus Maximus. And all your parties are left-wing compared to America, so they're commies.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: madman3 on April 08, 2013, 03:30:42 PM
BREAK OUT THE CHAMPAGNE, MORTALS!
That's sick.
I wasn't exactly being serious, but dear god, she was one of the least caring people on the planet, so it may well be appropriate.
I can't stand Obama at all but I'm not gonna go around gloating if he kicks the bucket.
The fact that you said you weren't even serious just shows how frivolous you think this is. Show some respect.
I'm sorry, but I'm not going to show respect to one of the most despicable people on the planet, dead or alive.
You're a dumbass. Margret Thatcher was probably the best Prime Minister you've ever had besides Churchill. She wasn't a pinko commie like all your leaders these days.
She really didn't achieve much at all. Churchill wasn't great either because as soon as the war was over he spent far too much time dealing with the West Indies. I cannot see how she was a good leader at all.

Besides, we don't even have any actual left wing parties in the UK anymore (besides Green but no-one votes for them), so we really don't have any leaders who come close to being "commies".
She didn't take sh** from anyone, esspecially not Argentina, and that's what's important. Also, she was good friends with Ronaldus Maximus. And all your parties are left-wing compared to America, so they're commies.
It's true that she was admirably tough, but it doesn't make her tough for a good cause.
Also, the democrats are about as left wing as our main parties.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Meganerdbomb on April 08, 2013, 04:12:27 PM
Whatever, she was pretty badass, being the most powerful women in the world and all. I'd say she deserves some respect. She was good friends with President Regan too, so as an American, I see that as a positive. Also, why is this not under "Politics"?
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: madman3 on April 08, 2013, 04:25:15 PM
Whatever, she was pretty badass, being the most powerful women in the world and all. I'd say she deserves some respect. She was good friends with President Regan too, so as an American, I see that as a positive. Also, why is this not under "Politics"?
She was pretty powerful for sure, and I respect her for that, but not her actual views and actions.
It wasn't initially a political discussion, but it's head that way now.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: GoldenFox93 on April 08, 2013, 05:01:56 PM
She didn't take sh** from anyone, especially not Argentina, and that's what's important in a leader.
Aye, I remember that well. The pathetic bunch of sods are still bitter about that even now.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Badger on April 08, 2013, 05:28:13 PM
**** Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. That is all.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: GoldenFox93 on April 08, 2013, 05:35:15 PM
F*ck Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. That is all.
Quoted for truth- her moral code is so twisted, it's laughable.

According to her, it's perfectly alright (And outright encouraged, no less) for her country to attack some small islands and their population unprovoked, with the intention to turf them out of their home, build drilling rigs, and kill and maim those who defy them. Yet at the same time, because the UK sent Soldiers to put a stop to it and liberate the Islanders, they are cowards and murderers for doing so. Absolutely pathetic.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Badger on April 08, 2013, 05:39:38 PM
She's just distracting the Argentinians from he fact that their economy's ****ed by stirring up national pride. She must know that she would get decimated if she tried to take he Falklands. On top of that, not a single person on the Falklands wants to be under Argentinian rule.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: GoldenFox93 on April 08, 2013, 05:46:43 PM
She's just distracting the Argentinians from he fact that their economy's f*cked by stirring up national pride. She must know that she would get decimated if she tried to take he Falklands. On top of that, not a single person on the Falklands wants to be under Argentinian rule.
That's exactly it- what better way to distract people from the fact you're crashing your own economy into the ground? Hell, as long as you can blame someone and stir up patriotic fervour by declaring war on them, it's all OK to her.

Even when the botox-blooded fool claims that we're being imperialistic over wanting to protect the Falklands from Argentina, yet she's clearly the one being that way- the fact that she thinks the views and opinions of the Islanders are "Irrelevant" and that her toadies consider them to be criminals should tell you everything you need to know about her and her government.
 
 
And I was very pleased to see the Islanders standing up for themselves on the issue- definitely one of the best "Screw you, you're not going to take us over" moments to Argentina I've seen.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Badger on April 08, 2013, 05:51:18 PM
Some Argentinian company made a Falklands based Counter Strike Source map, with the UK as the terrorists. :laughing Don't they know that the AK47 is far superior to the M4A1 in cs?
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: GoldenFox93 on April 08, 2013, 05:54:24 PM
Some Argentinian company made a Falklands based Counter Strike Source map, with the UK as the terrorists. :laughing Don't they know that the AK47 is far superior to the M4A1 in cs?
Ah yes, I saw that too- I just love how they consider us terrorists when they're the ones who attacked the Islands unprovoked in the first place. The absolute pinnacle of desperation and patheticness from them, next to Kirchner trying to get the Pope involved.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Badger on April 08, 2013, 05:56:22 PM
I thought it was funny how Kirchner expects anyone in the UK to actually listen to the pope.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Naryar on April 09, 2013, 12:48:18 AM
She didn't take sh** from anyone, especially not Argentina, and that's what's important in a leader.

There, MNB pretty much summed it up. a leader should be a fearless badass, damn it !

Not like the pile of jelly that is the current president of France.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Reier on April 09, 2013, 09:13:14 AM
What's he doing anyway? ObaMao's just chillin back kissin the Chinese' feet and blowing our defense budget on welfare.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: madman3 on April 09, 2013, 10:38:42 AM
What's he doing anyway? ObaMao's just chillin back kissin the Chinese' feet and blowing our defense budget on welfare.
I really don't think the US needs any bigger a defence budget.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Dangerfield7up on April 09, 2013, 02:42:25 PM
Obama is going to cripple the US with the North Korea stuff.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: MassimoV on April 09, 2013, 04:10:57 PM
Big business is bad and we should all live in a commune.
Oh wow madman...
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: madman3 on April 10, 2013, 01:33:08 AM
Big business is bad and we should all live in a commune.
Oh wow madman...
uh no
we need both privatisation and public sector otherwise we're boned
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: MassimoV on April 10, 2013, 03:00:44 PM
Lel, I'm just joking.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Meganerdbomb on April 10, 2013, 07:38:35 PM
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/people-with-no-idea-who-thatcher-was-ecstatic-that-shes-dead-2013040865066 (http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/people-with-no-idea-who-thatcher-was-ecstatic-that-shes-dead-2013040865066)
So is that like the British version of the Onion?
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: GoldenFox93 on April 10, 2013, 07:40:34 PM
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/people-with-no-idea-who-thatcher-was-ecstatic-that-shes-dead-2013040865066 (http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/people-with-no-idea-who-thatcher-was-ecstatic-that-shes-dead-2013040865066)
So is that like the British version of the Onion?
Might be. General attitude from those people, though- Thatcher dies, and suddenly every 15-year old in the land is suddenly an apparent expert in 1980s politics.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Badger on April 10, 2013, 07:49:50 PM
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/people-with-no-idea-who-thatcher-was-ecstatic-that-shes-dead-2013040865066 (http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/people-with-no-idea-who-thatcher-was-ecstatic-that-shes-dead-2013040865066)
So is that like the British version of the Onion?
Might be. General attitude from those people, though- Thatcher dies, and suddenly every 15-year old in the land is suddenly an apparent expert in 1980s politics.
yo wassup.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on April 10, 2013, 11:09:42 PM
I'm not going to act like an expert in politics, let alone British 20th century, but when Osama Bin Laden and Kim Jong Il died, it seemed like there was a lot less revelry.  It just seems strange, I can't picture myself celebrating when George Bush and Dick Cheney kick it.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Meganerdbomb on April 10, 2013, 11:44:08 PM
I'm not going to act like an expert in politics, let alone British 20th century, but when Osama Bin Laden and Kim Jong Il died, it seemed like there was a lot less revelry.  It just seems strange, I can't picture myself celebrating when George Bush and Dick Cheney kick it.
Well, when Bin laden died, there was quite a lot, but there were also people who were saying we shouldn't celebrate a man's death, no mater how terrible the man.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: Resetti's Replicas on April 10, 2013, 11:46:47 PM
Right bad example with Bin Laden, but hopefully you get my point.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: madman3 on April 11, 2013, 03:18:06 AM
I dunno, I really don't care about her death anymore. I think at this stage the whole thing has spun out of proportion, like you guys. Much while I dislike her, she doesn't deserve quite this much hate, or this much media attention.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: GoldenFox93 on April 11, 2013, 06:16:06 AM
I dunno, I really don't care about her death anymore. I think at this stage the whole thing has spun out of proportion, like you guys. Much while I dislike her, she doesn't deserve quite this much hate, or this much media attention.
Thank you, that's much more reasonable. Even though I can't say I really knew a great deal about her, her demise certainly shouldn't have been met with revelry by ignorant young tossers who don't know a thing about 1980s politics.

I mean, an old woman's died of Dementia, and the first thing they do is rejoice, openly proclaim she's burning in Hell and throw big parties over it. It's absolutely disgusting.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: madman3 on April 11, 2013, 06:52:24 AM
I dunno, I really don't care about her death anymore. I think at this stage the whole thing has spun out of proportion, like you guys. Much while I dislike her, she doesn't deserve quite this much hate, or this much media attention.
Thank you, that's much more reasonable. Even though I can't say I really knew a great deal about her, her demise certainly shouldn't have been met with revelry by ignorant young tossers who don't know a thing about 1980s politics.

I mean, an old woman's died of Dementia, and the first thing they do is rejoice, openly proclaim she's burning in Hell and throw big parties over it. It's absolutely disgusting.
TBH, I think both reactions need to pretty much end. There isn't much point in getting too defensive of her, either; really the media and public attention might as well just end, because it really doesn't mean much at all.
Title: Re: THATCHER IS NO MORE
Post by: System32 on April 11, 2013, 09:00:26 AM
So she gets a £10 million public funeral and private cremation?
 
Her funeral hould be private, go to the lowest bidder (It's what she would have wanted) and her cremation should be public.