kowenicki said:
slowmo said:
MikeRox said:
I think the MyVoice in today's I sums a lot of it up perfectly for me:
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/grace-dent-thatchers-children-we-may-be-but-these-death-parties-are-just-childish-8567288.html
Some key excerpts:
I also question how, in 2013, one female with power during the 1980s appears to now be carrying the can for thousands of decisions made by thousands of men.
Obviously, if you are genuinely an ex-miner or the family of one, the thought of you raising a glass to the end of a very painful era is wholly understandable. I wish you well. The truth is, of course, there is no end to this era. We’re almost precisely in the same state, government-wise, as we were. So, on the other hand, if you’re 25 and have the time and the gumption to stand about in Brixton waving a bottle of prosecco, your time could be used more profitably by doing actual work in politics. The left needs passionate young blood right now. And if you’re still so very angry about milk being snatched in the 1970s – well, believe me, schoolchildren are starving right now and this ire could be used to get milk reinstated.
In fact if you’re truly so angry about Thatcher’s legacy you might have noticed there isn’t time for any parties. Celebrating death seems to me rather childish, when there’s adult work to be done.
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I've not celebrated her death as I don't agree with that practice. Unfortunately some people just feel that's acceptable such is their hatred for the person. If you remember when Bin Laden died, people celebrated the fact but what made that celebration acceptable to people? To me it was that he was so hated that it was acceptable to feel jubiliation at his passing. For these people who are celebrating Thatcher's death you have a similar level of hate towards her as a person.
My point was it wasn't fair for people to act like the pain and hardship she caused didn't happen or matter. I'm sick of reading from people who were unaffected by the miners strikes how it was somehow everybody else fault but Thatcher's. Anyway, I can't wait till she's buried and we stop hearing about how fantastic she was for the country (well Southern England).
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And you need to stop saying that all people affected by her hated her. It isn't true. I am from the North, my family was affected by her... we did somehting about it. Nobody is sying it didnt happen or didnt matter... we are saying it pretty much HAD to happen. How ever bad you think things have been in your lifetime and recently, you need to multiply it many time for how bad things were in the late 70's in the UK. Unburied dead people, rubbish piling up all over the counrty, regular power cuts daily, the 4 day week, going to the IMF for a bail out... we were utterly fucked.
She won 3 general elections, with 54%, 61% and 58% share of votes... this isnt just the south, this isnt just the wealthy. Its a ridiculous thing to say.
Comparing Bin Laden and Thatcher is pretty silly. How many elections did he win in a democratic process with a mandate to bomb people?
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