The OFFICIAL *** Maggie Funeral Thread ***

[Papa Lazarou]

**** her and **** you
How's that?

Love?

 

[GNF on Tour]

according to the Guardian you could buy 16,949,152 pints of milk - enough to give everyone in London two pints each for the same as it costs to bury the old bag, or 60% of a Trident missile.

 

[Bozza]

Love?

He won't be able to reply. You know how it is...

 

[Papa Lazarou]

He won't be able to reply. You know how it is...

It could be quite 'roomy' on here by tonight

 

[KZNSeagull]

P W Botha was given a state funeral by the ANC government in 2006. There were no protests at this funeral from what I remember, which Thabo Mbeki attended. There were, rightly, many debates about whether Mbeki should have gone or not, but in the end he went as a gesture of reconciliation and respect. You can read about it here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6125054.stm
http://www.anc.org.za/docs/anctoday/2006/at43.htm

A lesson for some perhaps?

 

[withdeanwombat]

I thought,reading these pages,that the funeral thread was dead and buried.

 

[Albumen]

Have they announced who's going to be driving the stake through her heart, just in case?

There's a queue apparently.

Today is no more than a circus. Sickening.

 

[GNF on Tour]

P W Botha was given a state funeral by the ANC government in 2006. There were no protests at this funeral from what I remember, which Thabo Mbeki attended. There were, rightly, many debates about whether Mbeki should have gone or not, but in the end he went as a gesture of reconciliation and respect. You can read about it here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6125054.stm
http://www.anc.org.za/docs/anctoday/2006/at43.htm

A lesson for some perhaps?

I think its very apt of you to compare P W Botha to Thatcher - good post.

 

[soistes]

A decent post, however no one has the right of freedom of speech on NSC.

Your prerogative, of course.

But, looking at them dispassionately, the posts on this thread that are attracting bans, even if they are not particularly clever, appear to be no more potentially offensive than posts which routinely appear on the board, and don't attract bans.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

I go along with the Roy Hattersley view, that he admired her dedication, her hard work, her sticking to her principles, while disagreeing with just about everything she did.

A reasoned view from Roy Hattersley, it articulates my feelings about Viscount Stansgate (disclaimed)

 

[Hamilton]

It could be quite 'roomy' on here by tonight

Well, we'll be able to stretch out our legs and maybe have a proper debate about her contribution to the UK. Personally, if all you can say is **** you when adding to the debate then it shows how little you add to NSC. Take a bath.

I'm afraid too many in the anti-Thatcher camp (and I'm one of them) are making an embarrassment of themselves.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I would suggest it should be more than possible to have a reasoned debate on here without resorting to the sort of posts Bozza will have to spend a large chunk of his day removing and banning people for.

Give the guy a break.

 

[severnside gull]

I would say because it may suppress the freedom of speech aspect to the site. Bozza is right that there are some unacceptable comments i.e. filth etc. but equally people should be allowed to put across the point of view that the woman wasn't liked and damaged the country. I think perhaps the emboldened text etc sends out a bit of a big brother message.

My plea to Bozza would be don't act in haste. You've got a great community here and hats off to you. Much better to PM certain people than publicly chastise. Although I understand that with weight of numbers that isn't always possible.

Good post.

Today was always going to be one when we all would be well advised to pause to think before acting/reacting.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Your prerogative, of course.

But, looking at them dispassionately, the posts on this thread that are attracting bans, even if they are not particularly clever, appear to be no more potentially offensive than posts which routinely appear on the board, and don't attract bans.

Trolling funeral threads rarely happens on here.

 

[Hamilton]

Your prerogative, of course.

But, looking at them dispassionately, the posts on this thread that are attracting bans, even if they are not particularly clever, appear to be no more potentially offensive than posts which routinely appear on the board, and don't attract bans.

I agree, and perhaps that's something good that will come out of this. I enjoy reading posts where people say what they think, but think.

 

[GNF on Tour]

I would suggest it should be more than possible to have a reasoned debate on here without resorting to the sort of posts Bozza will have to spend a large chunk of his day removing and banning people for.

Give the guy a break.

but he doesn't have to! he didn't with the Thatcher RIP thread, so why treat this one any differently?

 

[Horsham Gull]

Philip looks like the dead walking

 

[Albumen]

Unfortunately I'm not watching the display but being up there in that there London but due to the overall warmth the public felt for her I'm guessing it's like this.

Am I right?

 

[KZNSeagull]

I think its very apt of you to compare P W Botha to Thatcher - good post.

Lost on you though, clearly.

 

[Meade's Ball]

Well, we'll be able to stretch out our legs and maybe have a proper debate about her contribution to the UK. Personally, if all you can say is **** you when adding to the debate then it shows how little you add to NSC. Take a bath.

I'm afraid too many in the anti-Thatcher camp (and I'm one of them) are making an embarrassment of themselves.

There'll be babbling ranters from each side, neither knowing when to take a break, or listening to an alternative view. I'm anti-Thatcher to the hilt, but not to the body of a woman long out of power, and now out of life. I offer her no respects, but no direct ire either as there are always new villains to tackle with breath in their ungodly lungs to deliver some terrible treatment to people.