Margaret Thatcher dies

[Julien Sorel]

Thankyou, BBM, for your appropriate and respectful words on the death of this great Prime Minister, in contrast to the horrible gloating over on AM51's thread. Lady Thatcher has only been dead a few hours and yet the usual suspects are practically dancing on her grave. What a sad indictment on some contributors to these boards.

RIP indeed.

Mr Pee. You had no qualms about posting a link to an article luridly attacking the recently deceased President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez.

At least Chavez did a huge amount for the poor of Venezuala, and won several elections that were recognised as being properly conducted - ie not sham, one-person affairs.

You are joking, aren't you?

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/09/op...avez-venezuela

What's the difference? Why is it OK to 'speak ill' of Chavez but not of Thatcher? (I have no problem with people 'speaking ill' of either. They were public figures. There's a public response to their deaths. Why must Thatcher be untouchable, whereas it's OK to say anything about Chavez?)

[eighthobstruction]

It is my opinion, that the NATION showed guts WW1, WW2....ref Falklands : 0.001% of population were made to have guts because they were sent to Falklands UNDER ORDERS....the other 99+% showed Jingoism, Xeniphobia....Apathy....Derision ....probably in equal parts....Don't get all Jeremy Paxman on us JW, it will not wash....

[John Wright]

wrong question

Good grief GG, even Tony Blair never told an interviewer 'that is the wrong question'

I don't think that a "nation" can have "guts" in the way you describe ..........

(and 6926.0 miles is not really "so many thousands of miles" is it ? It's just less than 7 )

And I now see it's a waste of time even acknowledging your presence on this forum

[Mr Pee]

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Oh my. That's rich, coming from you of all people.

[MrGongGong]

It is my opinion, that the NATION showed guts WW1, WW2....ref Falklands : 0.001% of population were made to have guts because they were sent to Falklands UNDER ORDERS....the other 99+% showed Jingoism, Xeniphobia....Apathy....Derision ....probably in equal parts....Don't get all Jeremy Paxman on us JW, it will not wash....

Quite

[eighthobstruction]

Good grief GG, even Tony Blair never told an interviewer 'that is the wrong question'


....I think that is exactly the sort of thing TB and 99% of politicans would say....



And I now see it's a waste of time even acknowledging your presence on this forum

Have you been watching or listening to too much Rumpole of the Bailey....

[Boilk]

I don't think that a "nation" can have "guts" in the way you describe...

Agreed. The people of Leningrad might have shown guts during the 872-day siege, but the British people back in 1982? Didn't they just tune in to the BBC and ITN primarily for the 'excitement' rather than because of any allegiance to the inhabitants of a group of islands most of them didn't know existed up until then?

One person who did show guts was the late Diana Gould, who dared to ask Thatcher, in a BBC Nationwide phone-in, why she'd ordered the Navy to fire on a retreating Argentinian vessel - resulting in the deaths of several hundred- when it was apparently outside the exclusion zone.

Thatcher responded (with tacit support from Sue Lawley) with an attitude showing that she believed herself to be above being questioned and held to account by such a lowly "nobody".

[Beef Oven]

Quite

So you're ok with wrong answers, you just don't like wrong questions LMFAO!!!

[BBMmk2]

Well, i know she was acontreversial figure, but she changed the way Labour thought and also managed to doi 'business', with the Russians, Plus I thought it was shear guts and determination that she sent a task force to the Falkland Islands. I mean, look at the recent referendum they had there. they would'nt have had it if no Task Force were sent!

[Beef Oven]

I'm not joining you

(All aboard the ship of fools)

I forgot to add 'denial' to an earlier post

[MrGongGong]

I thought it was shear guts and determination that she sent a task force to the Falkland Islands. I mean, look at the recent referendum they had there. they would'nt have had it if no Task Force were sent!

I mean..........
just look at the lengths some people will go to in order to win an election ............. it shows no "guts" to get someone to die on your behalf just incredible arrogance and a sense of superiority.

[MrGongGong]

I forgot to add 'denial' to an earlier post

A word that shouldn't go along with the phrase "climate change" then ?

[Beef Oven]

I mean..........
just look at the lengths some people will go to in order to win an election ............. it shows no "guts" to get someone to die on your behalf just incredible arrogance and a sense of superiority.

Galtieri was wobbling, true, but you can't say that he invaded the Falklands just to win an election.

[Beef Oven]

A word that shouldn't go along with the phrase "climate change" then ?

Climate change? What climate change?

[amateur51]

Oh my. That's rich, coming from you of all people.

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