Thatcher: Dead

I Know I am a Thatcher lover but I truly say this as comment rather than judgement. It really is incredible how one person can cause such polarised opinions. Discuss. Not from your political viewpoint but objectively.

Objectively I hate her. Subjectively I hate her even more. Subjectively I hate all Tories. Objectively I allow myself this because it's good to hate Compasssion and kindness are for losers. Think how much better we would be with no welfare state, no immigrants, just rich people. It makes sense.

I'll say it again. She won three free and democratic elections. She had a mandate. You can try, but you can't argue against that. She was right.

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Good point. But we're not Germans.

Stewart Lee's great, but Paul Foot's better....

And she deserved a state funeral....

I want to get this to two hundred. I actually quite fancied her. Don't tell me you didn't.....

And another thing. Feminists saying she did nothing for women. What planet! So the first woman prime minister wins three general elections and that does nothing for women? I'm speechless.

Belgrano? Yes, I'm very sorry. But don't pick a fight with big boys. Blame Galtieri not Thatcher.

I see Stewart Lee every year in Edinburgh. He's superb. Paul Foot's better. Can you folks understand that I can be a left wing compassionate conservative?

If you cannot see how the first woman prime minister who then won three general elections is not a role model then you are a misanthrope.

You guys are in denial. Grow up and grow a pair.

My favourite author is Ayn Rand. Golly, she could write a story....

Ah Stan. Thanks for your correspondence. One day when you are a big boy you will understand what life is all about. With love, TSA

Anyway, You've all missed my point, even though I made it very clear. Objectively and non-politically, what is it about Thatcher that makes her so controversial/divisive? It can't be just politics. We've all been divided by politics before. Come on, think, forget your entrenchments, be intelligent for once in your ferking lives. I don't know the answer, I'm looking for your help.

If it was left to me I'd have buried the fascist bitch in the eighties.

Beautiful words Stan- my sister was at Greenham Common- she travelled all the way from Denmark to be with the other ladies.

Maybe it will.....

Maybe it won't.

Seems strange to me that the one who started this thread and his most loyal and vitriolic supporter of hate Maggie thread seem to show the same Thatchteristic disregard to people in trouble and worship of the big boss when it comes to one of their own (Paul). Preferring turn their backs and hide behind silly humour.

I guess ABC isn't the community it claims to be?

Seems to me, scratch, hitting 200 is more important to you than anything else. (only two more to go weeee!) I don't want to get into a forum war with you, Scratch and Stan, I've had my say and that's the end of it, but I do think it's too easy to dismiss things by saying you don't know enough about what happened. Stan, if you want to know more about me read the prose pentathlon book when you receive it.

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