Margaret Thatcher is Dead

Started by Oliver North5 pages
Originally posted by Jedi Sheriff
Playing a key role in the lives of people is not necessarily a good thing on its own, I brought up Hitler to point that out.

you know what a comparison is, right?

Originally posted by Oliver North

celebrating anyone's death is a moral failure.

not true at all

Originally posted by dadudemon
About Thatcher: she was impotent as a political figure at the time of her death. Not sure why everyone's jimmies are rustled over her death. I do not remember this for Reagan...at least not to this extent.

Well this is a fair point, because in a political sense she died in 1990- and frankly, I would mind much less people celebrating her fall from power if they hate her so. But celebrating her death is just feeble and disturbing.

My activist friend always says, "No matter who you vote for, the government still gets in."

Originally posted by Oliver North
There are many people who can't even name the riding leader for their party, especially if they aren't the one in power.

So most people just as politically ignorant as Americans? lol

Originally posted by 753
not true at all

Don't make me start quoting MLK at you!

😠

Originally posted by dadudemon
So most people just as politically ignorant as Americans? lol

haha, yes and no, depending on the party and the riding, local leaders range from trivial to modestly unimportant. The Liberals (capital "L"😉 have rules about how the party members must vote, the Conservatives (capital "C"😉 recently had a "party uprising" that was all but ignored by their leader. Sure, it is ignorance, but you could say people just know where the real power lies.

I do think celebrating someone's death can be morally acceptable.

I don't think the death of an old lady suffering from severe dementia is one of those cases perhaps.

Though, I think there are many people who'd rather die than be in that state, maybe if she was one of them, celebrating her death could be a form of showing happiness for her.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2307367/Margaret-Thatcher-death-party-teacher-Romany-Blythe-unrepentant-revealed-NHS-breast-implants.html

Oh Daily Mail....

I do think celebrating someone's death can be morally acceptable.

I don't think the death of an old lady suffering from severe dementia is one of those cases perhaps.

Though, I think there are many people who'd rather die than be in that state, maybe if she was one of them, celebrating her death could be a form of showing happiness for her

in which case I'd wish her a long life. but her death during her tenure in the exercise of power would be much more meaningful, of course.

Originally posted by Bardock42
I do think celebrating someone's death can be morally acceptable.

I don't think the death of an old lady suffering from severe dementia is one of those cases perhaps.

Though, I think there are many people who'd rather die than be in that state, maybe if she was one of them, celebrating her death could be a form of showing happiness for her.

see:

Originally said by Martin Luther King
I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.
Originally said by Martin Luther King
Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.
Originally said by Martin Luther King
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.
Originally said by Martin Luther King
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.
Originally said by Martin Luther King
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
Originally said by Martin Luther King
Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.

and so on, and so on...

really, keep at it, it's about to get all Desmond Tutu up in here

Originally posted by Bardock42

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2307367/Margaret-Thatcher-death-party-teacher-Romany-Blythe-unrepentant-revealed-NHS-breast-implants.html

Oh Daily Mail....

in all seriousness, I do think the world would be a better place if Hitler had lived and was brought to justice /shrug

but ya, we get the Sun here too

Stupid woman- they danced because it meant the end of the war. The same war which had led to their cities being bombed and their loved ones dying. You can kinda see celebration in that.

If Hitler had been taken prisoner and died 25 years later, I doubt there would have been dancing.

Is there a Anti-Godwin's law that deals with MLK quotes?

Originally posted by Oliver North

"Let no man pull you so low as to hate him." -Martin Luther King

He made no mention of women. Your point is invalid and you lose the internet.

Originally posted by Bardock42
Is there a Anti-Godwin's law that deals with MLK quotes?

once you go there it becomes impossible to argue against, really, just all out hippie pacifism?

Originally posted by Robtard
He made no mention of women. Your point is invalid and you lose the internet.

NOT THE INTERNET1111111

Also, let us not forgot:

"Revenge is a dish best served cold." -Mahatma Gandhi

was that really Gandhi?

I'm not sure if I remember that one...

"And I say piss on their graves and dance on them" - Mother Teresa

elected or not, historical impact and decisiveness do not, by themselves, damn or compliment any leader's administration or legacy.

the people who criticize her, do so, because they loathe her economic, foreign or social policies, the interests and idelogical rationales behind them and their legacy.

Originally posted by Oliver North

in all seriousness, I do think the world would be a better place if Hitler had lived and was brought to justice /shrug
but not as good as if he and his had been killed off earlier, during the build up to the war for instance.