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04-08-2013, 07:10 AM
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Death Herald
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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RIP: Margaret Thatcher
The 'Iron Lady' of the UK passed away after a stroke.
Thatcher: ‘Iron lady’ who changed Britain - FT.com
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04-08-2013, 07:44 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Rest in peace
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04-08-2013, 07:49 AM
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Resident Alien
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Cartman really is on top of all things death-related.
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04-08-2013, 08:06 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The scorched Desert
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RIP Maggie, you meant so much to all us Brits
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04-08-2013, 08:13 AM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Dayton, OH
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Well yeah, I mean look at his buddy Kenny... One has to stay on top of these things. |
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04-08-2013, 08:19 AM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: May 2001
Location: toronto
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i want Cartman to announce my death.
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04-08-2013, 09:06 AM
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Decatur, GA
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R.I.P. Lady Thatcher.
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04-08-2013, 09:06 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Here and There
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I thought she 80 in 1985
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04-08-2013, 09:06 AM
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General Manager
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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No kidding. I'm guessing he's got my name in a death pool. |
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04-08-2013, 10:08 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Not all of us. Lets just leave it there |
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04-08-2013, 10:11 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The scorched Desert
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I wondered when this would come  No worries, can't please everyone. |
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04-08-2013, 10:18 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2003
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I'm going to make this the last post I make in this thread but SUV a flippant response doesn't do justice to the large areas of the country she essentially ruined. I wonder if anybody in this thread has any true idea of the human cost of most of the things she's revered for.
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04-08-2013, 10:28 AM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: The scorched Desert
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I wasn't trying to be flippant, and not having lived in England during her time in office, I may not know some aspects of her policies. My family that still lives there was fond of her and I know she was respected in around the world for the most part. Anybody who leads a country will leave good and bad things as part of their legacy. She was a pioneer of sorts among women which is an important thing itself. Just paying respect, not trying to start a debate or trivialize your opinion. |
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04-08-2013, 10:56 AM
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Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: London, England
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Speaking as a British citizen, she was the greatest Prime Minister of my lifetime by some distance.
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04-08-2013, 11:36 AM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Quite a bit of similarity between Thatcher and Reagan. Lot of people loved them both, but their detractors say they destroyed major parts of the country.
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04-08-2013, 12:38 PM
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SI Games
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Melbourne, FL
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I admired aspects of her personality - she was loyal to her husband throughout his life, she was incredibly intelligent and at times cuttingly witty. That being said I abhorred much about her politics - I agree with people working and standing on their own two feet, but I hated the short term thinking of selling off immense government assets* for a pittance just to get a windfall of cash to bribe voters into keeping her in power. I also think that the 'North' was abandoned by her without a second thought when more could have been done to try and establish alternative industries for the coal mining etc. which were being wound down - this was cynical political engineering at its worst, the North of England wouldn't vote for her anyway so she didn't feel she lost anything from her actions. *Consider the immense profits BP, British Telecom etc. make - then consider they used to be owned by the government (and immensely profitable then) ... she did the same thing with 'Council Houses' (affordable housing for the less well off). All of this has contributed to the precarious situation which the country finds itself in today where the NHS and other things which are very much part of the British psyche are under attack. |
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04-08-2013, 04:35 PM
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High School JV
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Look behind you
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She won't be missed.
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04-08-2013, 05:41 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Yikes. I expected her death to be welcomed by some, but I didn't expect partying on the streets.
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04-08-2013, 09:38 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2005
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I'm still amazed at how the UK won the Falklands war.
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