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Alexkid
26-06-2003, 14:59
And this article doesnt really make me feel sad about it.

http://www.freeserve.com/news/national/story_news0.htm?linkfrom=Today&link=newsticker

Am I a horrible person?

I suppose he wasnt as bad as his wife.
sbs
26-06-2003, 15:03
One down One to go is my immediate reaction.
Alexkid
26-06-2003, 15:07
I dont think its too long till maggies pushing up the daisies/shuffling off her mortal coil/ceasing to be/*insert favourite john cleese expression here

I laughed when her doctor declared that she should never speak in public again for er, health reasons obviously haha :lol:
maradona
26-06-2003, 16:30
dont really care much either way


however i think its a bit strange that he got made a sir jsut for being a husband...surely lord or duke would have been more appropriate award :D
gofes
26-06-2003, 16:38
The BBC emailed me this a while ago, but I didn't bother posting it as I had nothing nice to say, and would only end up making soem joke about his wife.
Lover of Outrage
26-06-2003, 17:09
Originally posted by Alexkid

I suppose he wasnt as bad as his wife.

For some reason my head keeps turning this into "I suppose he wasn't bad as a wife" I wonder why?:D
Alexkid
26-06-2003, 17:30
Originally posted by Lover of Outrage
For some reason my head keeps turning this into "I suppose he wasn't bad as a wife" I wonder why?:D

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Maggie - she of steel balls
amaranth
26-06-2003, 18:17
If you're a horrible person, I am too.
To be perfectly honest, I don't care much.

Did he really just get "sir" for being her husband?
Lover of Outrage
26-06-2003, 18:37
What you don't think he deserved something.:lol:
amaranth
26-06-2003, 18:39
Originally posted by Lover of Outrage
What you don't think he deserved something.:lol:

:lol: Hehe, maybe.
Dave
26-06-2003, 23:17
I'm not even going to bother arguing this time, you sick fucks.
I just hope you all go to hell.
Lover of Outrage
27-06-2003, 01:25
I'm really touched that you want to spend eternity with me.:o
Void
27-06-2003, 01:51
National day of mourning methinks.
Terminal Young Thing
27-06-2003, 12:39
Oh well, ne'er mind, eh?

He's just another person, ain't 'e?
Joe
27-06-2003, 18:40
no more important or unimportant than anyone else.
Maddock
28-06-2003, 01:42
Originally posted by Dave
I'm not even going to bother arguing this time, you sick fucks.
I just hope you all go to hell.

what he said.
Manicben
30-06-2003, 13:26
i think there should be a day of celebration around the country when she finaly snuffs it,im to young to have understood all what was going on in power but i remember hating her because my dad used to call her the old bag and i used to ask him why,and as ive grown up now aproaching the ripe ol age og 18 in a few weeks i understand it all and what a horrible bitch!
Alexkid
30-06-2003, 13:36
I'd say she was probably more evil than G W Bush.

She was certainly more dangerous, as she had more than 2 braincells to rub together.
maybeoldermaybewiser
30-06-2003, 14:52
The interesting thing is that she is probably the most influential British Prime Minister of the 20th Century after Winston Churchill, the only one known abroad and the one most likely to make it in the history books...:rolleyes:

What does this say about this country?
Alexkid
30-06-2003, 15:31
Originally posted by maybeoldermaybewiser
The interesting thing is that she is probably the most influential British Prime Minister of the 20th Century after Winston Churchill, the only one known abroad and the one most likely to make it in the history books...:rolleyes:

What does this say about this country?

I know, it worries me that one of the most enduring politcal images of the last few decades is that of Maggie defiantly swinging her handbag and walking through the desolate coalfield. I also get annoyed by people saying that they admire her for her stong character. Hitler had a strong character you know....
maybeoldermaybewiser
01-07-2003, 08:06
What I was thinking about is more than simply Maggie iconographic role (BTW Has anybody else read Marina Warner's chapter on Maggie's iconography in her brilliant "Monuments and Maidens"?Required reading.).

I am thinking that it is easy to demonise Maggie as it is easy demonise Hitler or Mussolini. The sheer fact is that she was legally elected three times Prime Minister of this country. What does this say about the country who elected her?

My personal opinion is that she was simply the perfect embodiement of her times and place...
Alexkid
01-07-2003, 11:04
Maggie epitiomised the 80s culture of selfishness and greed.

SHe helped create it, and she was also a product of it.