Guest Iain C Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 http://imgur.com/K5fofDp.jpg disgusting I know, there's probably 75 people there tops. I thought the Scots knew how to have a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 i think theres about 400 there actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aserinsky Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 More Twitter stuff... Is it me getting old and grumpy or are kids more ignorant and stupid today than before? It probably doesn't help that they can now broadcast their ignorance with such ease for all the world to see. Perhaps it's been like this the whole time, now it's just more apparent. Thatcher seems to be a unique case in that respect. On one hand, it seems somewhat disturbing that so many people don't know about such influential political figures. On the over hand though, there's a frequent criticism among many that in order to criticise Thatcher you must have been alive to have a valid opinion. When you place prominent figures like that in a vacuum of time like that, which is pretty ridiculous because Thatcherism as an ideology is still heavily prominent today and her actions have certainly made a huge impact on society (or in her opinion a lack thereof), its kinda a given that many younger people aren't going to know who she is. Then again when I was a teenager there was a huge culture of anti-intellectualism that inevitably most people grow out of; social media probably just presents it in a way we've never encountered to up close before. Interesting a similar principle of avoiding criticism happens whenever a political leader dies, in that they're instantly presented in the media as an untouchable figure and any criticism regarding their actions instantly becomes immoral. WATMM's favourite political hunk Glenn Greenwald wrote a piece for the Guardian today that summarises how such handling of a prominent figure's death can distort history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundwave Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 With no coal hell might freeze over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granty Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I'm all for celebrating the death of this selfish callous fuck, but one of her protégés is in power now - we're just as fucked as we were in the 80s. Can he die as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Did we post the Ken Loach quote here yet? No? How should we honour her? Lets privatise her funeral. Put it out to competitive tender and accept the cheapest bid. Its what she would have wanted. /stuff people write on facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest margaret thatcher Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I guess we can start fighting for that awesome Orb collection. Saw the Orb at Brixton Electric (formally Brixton Fridge) on Friday night (I've just moved to Brixton last Monday). Check out this for a setlist: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-orb/2013/electric-brixton-london-england-3d8f103.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amen Warrior Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Lol at Market Thatcher. Something to do with the queen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifeelspace Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Pisses me off when people die and it's a source of amusement for people, particularly when they don't really know what they're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amen Warrior Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Pisses me off when people die and it's a source of amusement for people, particularly when they don't really know what they're talking about. Don't get pissed off so easily :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieBees Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 her son was involved in some sort of coup attempt or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifeelspace Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Meh, I dunno. She wasn't a hero to me or something. It's just, you open these kind of threads and people seem to be loving the news. That can't be right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 her son was involved in some sort of coup attempt or something Yeah that was sketchy as hell. Rather fascinating back-story actually, watched this documentary about it randomly, crazy backstory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aserinsky Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Yup, the Equatorial Guinea coup d'etat attempt of 2004; one of the most disgusting examples of white man's burden. Taking into consideration the gollywog controversy regarding Carol Thatcher in 2009 as well, it's highly questionable what morals the Thatcher family actually had behind closed doors. I guess it's not exactly surprising coming from someone that labelled Nelson Mandela a terrorist until public opinion stated otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Meh, I dunno. She wasn't a hero to me or something. It's just, you open these kind of threads and people seem to be loving the news. That can't be right? If someone spent their days making the world worse for the many for the benefit of the few then I think it's fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifeelspace Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Please tell me how she made the world worse for the many? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Pisses me off when people die and it's a source of amusement for people, particularly when they don't really know what they're talking about. Don't get pissed off so easily :) yeah i mean if she was just any other person who wasn't complicit in heinous acts working tandem with Ronald Reagan i could understand getting miffed maybe, but come on dude this is Margaret Fucking Thatcher, are you sure that people here celebrating don't know what they're talking about? Or maybe it's possible *you* don't? If you're a fan of her I could also understand getting miffed, but if that's the case a lof of people including me will spew venom at you in this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifeelspace Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Probably best I stop posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieBees Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 everyones really sad she died but people are pretending to be happy to for the trolle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Probably best I stop posting. have a good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triachus Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Probably best I stop posting. There's no reason to let yourself feel intimidated by John Ehrlichman. He can't even let people sneak into hotels properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Scary, but true when you think about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundwave Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/margaret-thatcher-dead-morrissey-blasts-1818903 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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