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Old 04-08-2013, 03:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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To be honest, I had no idea who this person was until I saw posts about it on Facebook this morning. Either way, I just don't find it's fair for people to celebrate her death. You can hate the things she did all they want, but I don't like being excited over someone who dies.

I think it's ok to celebrate the death of a despot, tyrant, or otherwise exceedingly evil person, along the lines of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ted Bundy, Bin Laden, et al. I didn't like MT's politics any more than Reagan or George W, but she does not come anywhere close to being comparable to those examples IMO.
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Old 04-08-2013, 03:49 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I think it's ok to celebrate the death of a despot, tyrant, or otherwise exceedingly evil person, along the lines of Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Ted Bundy, Bin Laden, et al. I didn't like MT's politics any more than Reagan or George W, but she does not come anywhere close to being comparable to those examples IMO.
I've heard many people say that she was by far one of the worst, which in that sense I suppose I can see why people are celebrating.
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Old 04-08-2013, 03:59 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Did you live through the troubles? What was it like?
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I've heard many people say that she was by far one of the worst, which in that sense I suppose I can see why people are celebrating.
She was one of the worst despots ever, in a nice kindly British way and she did everything with a joke and a smile! So no she wasn't like Stalin (grim) and Hitler (deranged)
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Old 04-08-2013, 05:09 PM   #4 (permalink)
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He was but in Ireland and not here, so it doesn't count.
No I am just wondering what his opinion was and what it was like in Dublin at the time. It isn't really related to his post.
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He was but in Ireland and not here, so it doesn't count.
Why does the fact I live in the south and not London have anything to do with it? We were still closer to it on a daily basis: the border's only a few hours away and Irish TV would carry much more news about bombings in the North than would BBC or ITV....
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