RIP Margaret Thatcher

DocMcCoy said:PatrickCrazy said:ok so let me get this straight. it's somehow been decided that i have no idea what i'm talking about even though i haven't expressed an opinion on the lady at all. i can only assume is because i don't live there or have been somehow once again been assumed to not agree with the consensus view in this thread. does that mean i can yell and swear at any non-americans who post in american political threads or people i disagree with? just checking.




OK, first of all, let it be noted I'm addressing you directly, because your mealy-mouthed, passive-aggressive, to-no-one-in-particular moralising is for the fucking birds. Just know that, were I able, I would look you dead in the eye and say this exact same shit and walk away not giving a fuck what you thought of me. OK?





Now. For all you, me or anybody else knows, some people might have good reason to speak ill of the dead, and that's their business. After all, I don't imagine there'll be a lot of people in Miami wondering whether or not it's "appropriate" to celebrate when Fidel cashes his chips in. No, they'll be out on the streets in their tens of thousands, blasting car horns, letting off fireworks and generally making an unholy fucking row, and their motivation will be a matter for them and their conscience.





And that, my friends, is me done with this shit.




But those Cubans in Miami don't have a conscience in the first place, they're just low-life crooks. Filth, or like Tony Montana used to say: cockroaches.
 
mickalphabet said:Some reading for you Patrick, give you an idea what sort of person this woman was





http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/jun/16/northernireland.catholicism





the milk one http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/7932963/How-Margaret-Thatcher-became-known-as-Milk-Snatcher.html





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_Irish_hunger_strike





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher





http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/304516.stm





http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/28/nelson-mandela-margaret-thatcher-meetingwhat gave you the impression that i needed to do some reading on her?
 
Da Vinylmentalist said:





But those Cubans in Miami don't have a conscience in the first place, they're just low-life crooks. Filth, or like Tony Montana used to say: cockroaches.




:face_melt:
 
PatrickCrazy said:





http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/28/nelson-mandela-margaret-thatcher-meetingwhat gave you the impression that i needed to do some reading on her?




probably the "RIP" part
 
I grew up in the North West of England and spent my formative years under her reign. It's hard to put into words the hatred that most of the country has for this woman.





The have always been historic wealth and class divisions in this country, but in our humble day-to-day lives of financial Snakes and Ladders, she moved the counters of the poorest onto snakes the length of which approach infinity. It sucked the f*cking life out of our region for sure. I lived on an estate where only my dad seemed to have a job.





I am seeing some folk on FB talmbout her "Backbone" and "Depth of conviction" but, y'know, you could have said the same about that Third Reich dude. For me, her lack of compassion for humanity is right up there with that guy.





If she was Compton, I would be her Tim Dog.
 
vintageinfants said:Da Vinylmentalist said:





But those Cubans in Miami don't have a conscience in the first place, they're just low-life crooks. Filth, or like Tony Montana used to say: cockroaches.




:face_melt:




At least that's the impression I always get when watching Scarface...
 
A friend of mine wrote on FB:
Almost certainly the best thing Thatcher ever did was die on the day the new James Blake LP was released... barely seen anything about it all day except a couple of reposted reviews.
 
Da Vinylmentalist said:vintageinfants said:Da Vinylmentalist said:





But those Cubans in Miami don't have a conscience in the first place, they're just low-life crooks. Filth, or like Tony Montana used to say: cockroaches.




:face_melt:




At least that's the impression I always get when watching Scarface...




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As I travelled home on my delayed, overpriced, overcrowded, privatised train, I thought I could hear the sound of singing coming from the valleys of South Wales.
 
Back from the pub, shot of milk was followed by White Russians. Friends recounted differing office environments and the reactions. Needless to say this isn't no Diana sh*t, and most people under the age of 30 seem bemused by the reactions. One friend works at Somerville (Thatcher's college) but took the day off... she predicts some flags at half mast eulogy bullsh*t.








vinylstalker said:So what's with the milk thing? Apologies, I'm american and only american things matter because we, therefore I, rule, so I don't know about the milk thing.




No apologies needed, was trying to poke fun at PCrazy who's motives in this thread have been, uhmm, mysterious.


But you guys do rule.
 
Thymebomb13 said:I don't actually believe in such things, but I like to think that Bobby Sands is flogging her with razor wire right now.





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Can't wait to read about this in the Boston Globe.
 
asstro said:http://www.buzzfeed.com/angelameiquan/21-incredibly-angry-songs-about-margaret-thatcher




Here's one they missed. Quite catchy:











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Duderonomy said:asstro said:http://www.buzzfeed.com/angelameiquan/21-incredibly-angry-songs-about-margaret-thatcher




Here's one they missed. Quite catchy:













I was expecting to see this one in the list but they missed out on it apparently. That drummer is terrible by the way!
 
swissbeatz said:I prefered Brian when he posted about his shitty mpc2000xl

& Hawaii & the Cafe & when Brian
 
i'm going to be completely honest here; i knew that ol maggie was a prize twat, but i did NOT know that the hatred for her was as high as i've seen now that she's passed on.





quote from an older gent down the pub this afternoon [i stopped in to piggyback the party]:





"young man, i've fought in two wars and i dont wish death on anyone. i only wish that c**t was never born"
 






"There is no such thing as society".......There is living tapestry of men and women and people and the beauty of that tapestry and the quality of our lives will depend upon how much each of us is prepared to take responsibility for ourselves and each of us prepared to turn round and help by our own efforts those who are unfortunate.





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