de mortuis nil nisi bonum – “Of the dead say nothing but good”. Why?

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  1. odonII

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    http://www.independent.co.uk/voices...n-outdated-and-foolish-principle-8566448.html

    It can be a general question, but the specific e.g I am thinking of is:

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    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-Lefts-sick-celebration-Brixtons-streets.html

    You might notice the majority of people were probably not even born when she was in office. It's fine if a bunch of old lefty socialists want to have a bit of a party, and piss all over her grave - let them - it's to be expected.
    But a majority of the 'celebrations' seem to be perpetuated by people who were, like I say, not even born when she was in office.
     
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    Over here we still celebrate Hitler's death and I surely wasn't born when he was alive.
     
  3. odonII

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  4. Spiral Sea

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    It´s Jesus´s death that we celebrate Bird ;)

    I doint see a point in celebrating the death of a person. I never liked Tatcher (or Reagan) and what she stood for but they were elected leaders and not dictators like Hitler.
     
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    An individual who stepped on so many people and apparently pissed so many people off doesn't deserve sympathy, not even when they die. Once they become a public figure who decides over many lives it goes way beyond the grief of just family and friends.
     
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    That's because they are used to getting everything handed to them, not having to work for anything, drinking wine in the middle of the day, etc.

    What a cesspool. Those girls are probably 12-14 years old holding 'socialist worker' signs.
     
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    I rather see them holding 'socialist worker' signs then 'capitalist pig' signs.
     
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    How many people did she 'step on' and how many people did she 'piss off'?

    I can see certain mining communities being pissed off. But who else? People having to pay the same level of tax as each other? 13 year olds not being allowed milk at school?
    http://www.workersliberty.org/story/2010/04/30/miners-strike-1984-5-12-months-shook-britain-part-one
    I have read many people who were around a the time make comments (most 'left-wingers'):

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    ...but dancing in the streets?
    How typical of the times we are living in now, innocence seems to have died and replaced by misplaced vulgarity. ;)


    We shall see what happens over the next week or so...perhaps a few ex-miners will come out onto the streets.
     
  9. Piaf

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    Yeah, I was about to post that.
    They're very cool.
     
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    Apparently she pissed off quite a lot of people if they care enough to go out in the street and celebrate her death.
     
  11. odonII

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    :troll: ? ;)
     
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    :beatdeadhorse5:
     
  13. Piaf

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    I don't know much about her, but she was quick to recognize what was going on, and the one to say ''Stop Serbs now, for good'' and saw that Milosevic was truly evil. So apparently, she was somewhat sensible.
    May she rest in peace.
     
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    They haven't gotten around to doing that yet - I think she is being cremated, anyway.
     
  15. deviate

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    And that's why Europe is broke.
     
  16. bird_migration

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    Ah Europe is broke. Thanks for telling us.

    Oh btw, didn't your country have more debt than the rest of the world combined?
     
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNloZxUCcgk"]The U.S. Debt Clock: Prepare to be scared - YouTube
     
  18. Spiral Sea

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    it´s the pot calling the kettle black, Americans are so well informed about every country except their own.:rolleyes:
     
  19. deviate

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    Can't you piss across your entire country?
     
  20. deviate

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    America's debt problem is not as bad as the media makes it out to be. We are certainly not broke. All we need is a fiscally responsible pres to cut back on federal spending, ideally someone to end the war in iraq and afghanistan and the war on drugs. And things will be peachy once again.

    Besides, if someone wants to collect their debt. What are they going to do? Come bomb us?
     
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