Margaret Thatcher is Dead

by **Genivaria** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:43 am

Divair wrote:
Genivaria wrote:....Wait, you mean she was alive?

'Alive' is a stretch. She suffered from serious health issues in her later years.

For some reason I thought she died years ago.

by **Tobys Great Britain** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:44 am

Evil, evil woman- destroyed this country and ruined millions of people's lives. They should find the biggest miners pit and chuck her to the bottom. However I do feel sorry for her family and my condolances go to them but good riddance to her.

by **Risottia** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:44 am

Individual wrote:Which were claimed by Britain through the use of aggressive imperialism. Try again.

Yeah! And thus this becomes a Falklands thread!
I knew we were approaching to a new one since that thread about the new abortion law in Kansas was started. Basically, that thread killed off Maggie. :lol:

Anyway, no.

Let's NOT threadjack, huh? /notamod.

by **Individual** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:44 am

Wickedly evil people wrote:I'm sure if Thatcher had destroyed the coal mining industry for 'green' reasons then the idiot liberals and socialists would give out a Nobel Prized

The fuck?

by **Mike the Progressive** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:44 am

Well if NSG hated her, she must have been doing something right.

by **Calimera II** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:44 am

Risottia wrote:
Individual wrote:Which were claimed by Britain through the use of aggressive imperialism. Try again.

Yeah! And thus this becomes a Falklands thread!
I knew we were approaching to a new one since that thread about the new abortion law in Kansas was started. Basically, that thread killed off Maggie.

Anyway, no.

Let's NOT threadjack, huh? /notamod.

You mean: Malvinas thread.

by **Calimera II** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:45 am

Individual wrote:
Wickedly evil people wrote:I'm sure if Thatcher had destroyed the coal mining industry for 'green' reasons then the idiot liberals and socialists would give out a Nobel Prized

The fuck?

Well. He is true.

by **Great Nepal** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:46 am

For everyone who says she was 'worst prime minister' etc, here are the stats:-
British GDP increased by 130% on her watch.
British inflation decreased by 4% on her watch.
British unemployment increased by 2% on her watch.

Overall, it wasn't that bad. Okay, unemployment increased a bit, but 2/3, is acceptable.

by **Kaylea** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:46 am

Lengleland wrote:
Napkiraly wrote:Respect needs to be earned.

How would you feel if you died tomorrow? (god forbid) and everyone starting talking about dancing on your grave etc.

If she didn't want to be hated she shouldn't have: tried to institute a flat tax policy; persecuted unions for political reasons; destroyed entire industries and communities without a care; privatised huge amounts of state assets (leading to current shortages in council housing and profiteering utility and railway companies); started the deregulation of the finance industry (leading to the 2008 banking failures); supported the murderous dictator pinochet; continued the legacy of colonialism in Northern Ireland and Las Malvinas.

Around the UK, people are celebrating the death of this vile, divisive non-person. It's only a shame the poll tax rioters in Trafalgar Square didn't hang her from a lamppost or that the IRA didn't succeed in giving her what she deserved.

by **Topid** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:47 am

Mike the Progressive wrote:Well if NSG hated her, she must have been doing something right.

Good point.

by **Hippostania** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:47 am

Transnapastain wrote:You are on the brink of losing your nation, regardless, you can have a *** warning for trolling/flamebaiting ***. However, more punitive actions may be taken following moderator discussions.

Well damn, that doesn't sound nice. Hopefully I don't have to start have to pondering the name of my future nation; Hippostania Nova, Hippostania II, New Hippostania or Hippostanie?

Tobys Great Britain wrote:Evil, evil woman- destroyed this country and ruined millions of people's lives. They should find the biggest miners pit and chuck her to the bottom. However I do feel sorry for her family and my condolances go to them but good riddance to her.

You do know that all her political opponents say that she was extremely kind and polite in private? She was a nice woman, some politician on BBC just said how Thatcher never said anything harsh to someone who couldn't respond back. Saying something like that is harsh, even if you disagree with her politics

by **Vitaphone Racing** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:47 am

Loving all the "I hate the bitch, glad she's dead, dance on her grave, but I'm so sorry for her family, condolences etc. etc." Because I'm sure your condolences mean an awful lot when you've just expressed your sheer delight at the reason which caused their grief not to mention intending on aggravating said grief by doing something awfully disrespectful to cap things off.

by **Nadkor** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:47 am

Fulflood wrote:
Hippostania wrote:
It's unfortunate, but you got to understand that there was no other choice. Funding these inefficient government-owned industrial companies simply wasn't worth it anymore. Thatcher did her best to do the privatization as quickly and painlessly as possible.

Let's assume that the job of a government is to make its citizens happy and fulfilled as opposed to making some GDP numbers go up. In this case, your point fails to stand.

Funnily enough, it's a result of the ideology promoted by Thatcher that the competence or success of a government has come to be measured almost exclusively in purely economic terms. Stephen Gill writes wonderfully on this 'disciplinary neoliberalism'.

So, the result? Decimate a country by focusing on one measurement to the exclusion of all others and then claim success on the basis that that measurement looks good.

by **Divair** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:48 am

Genivaria wrote:
Divair wrote:'Alive' is a stretch. She suffered from serious health issues in her later years.

For some reason I thought she died years ago.

Mentally, she did. She suffered from dementia.

by **Calimera II** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:48 am

Great Nepal wrote:For everyone who says she was 'worst prime minister' etc, here are the stats:-
British GDP increased by 130% on her watch.
British inflation decreased by 4% on her watch.
British unemployment increased by 2% on her watch.

Overall, it wasn't that bad. Okay, unemployment increased a bit, but 2/3, is acceptable.

My sources say unemployment increased only with 1%.
Do you mind giving your source please?

by **Risottia** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:48 am

Agritum wrote:......Riso, do you think that Italian spoken with a Neapolitan accent can be slaved by Florentine Italian?

Well, maybe, depending on how our political mess goes... but why a Florentine would want a Neapolitan slave to begin with?
Ok, apart from making coffee. And pizza. And pastiera. And sfugliatielle... And... damn those reasons are already enough.

/threadjack.

by **Brythonica** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:48 am

-- Neutral post --

RIP Margaret Thatcher. Probably Britain's most unforgettable prime minister for decades to come.

by **Divair** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:48 am

Mike the Progressive wrote:Well if NSG hated her, she must have been doing something right.

NSG hates Hitler. He must have done something right.

by **Central and Eastern Visayas** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:49 am

Adios, Baroness Kesteven.

That's all that needs to be said.

by **Great Nepal** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:49 am

Calimera II wrote:
Great Nepal wrote:For everyone who says she was 'worst prime minister' etc, here are the stats:-
British GDP increased by 130% on her watch.
British inflation decreased by 4% on her watch.
British unemployment increased by 2% on her watch.

Overall, it wasn't that bad. Okay, unemployment increased a bit, but 2/3, is acceptable.

My sources say unemployment increased only with 1%.
Do you mind giving your source please?

http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-kingdom/unemployment-rate
I just approximated it from graph, it might have been a bit off.

by **Genivaria** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:49 am

Vitaphone Racing wrote:Loving all the "I hate the bitch, glad she's dead, dance on her grave, but I'm so sorry for her family, condolences etc. etc." Because I'm sure your condolences mean an awful lot when you've just expressed your sheer delight at the reason which caused their grief not to mention intending on aggravating said grief by doing something awfully disrespectful to cap things off.

I'm not even going to pretend to offer condolences.
Not sure how posting your condolences on an internet forum are supposed to mean anything really.

by **Petrovsegratsk** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:49 am

Samuraikoku wrote:Let no one in Argentina hear this.

If they do, they'll throw a party and scream "EL DIABLO IS DEAD!".

by **Mkuki** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:50 am

Mkuki wrote:I don't really know much about Mrs. Thatcher's administration (still unsure how to classify that), but would someone mind giving me a quick rundown of the former Prime Minister's policies and their effects? Is it right to assume she was a friend, politically I mean, of Reagan?

Preferably absent of political rhetoric.

No one?

by **Mike the Progressive** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:50 am

Vitaphone Racing wrote:Loving all the "I hate the bitch, glad she's dead, dance on her grave, but I'm so sorry for her family, condolences etc. etc." Because I'm sure your condolences mean an awful lot when you've just expressed your sheer delight at the reason which caused their grief not to mention intending on aggravating said grief by doing something awfully disrespectful to cap things off.

I think the death of bin Laden was given more respect...

Also a great way to gauge just how insane/out there you may or may not be.

by **Individual** » Mon Apr 08, 2013 7:50 am

Calimera II wrote:
Individual wrote:The fuck?

Well. He is true.

So you're saying that liberals and socialists are idiots as well?

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