Baroness Thatcher has died.

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Great woman.

Glad she went peacefully with her family.

Someone with courage to tackle the mess the country was in and I have a great deal of respect to her for that.

Most great figures polarise opinion and she probably shows why most politicians will dodge any real commitments and decision making these days, because you need to upset some to make things better in the long run

Unfortunately most don't recognise this, especially the posters in here. Never felt so sad as today to he part of this community, really showing its vile side.
 
Milkybk said:
I don't care in the slightest that she has passed away. However I'm not celebrating her death. I didn't live through her times, but I'm from the North and know many families who never recovered from that era. I care about those I love etc, not an old woman who brought misery to so many. That being said I also wouldn't allow the negatives to make the positive things she may or may not have achieved appear completely insignificant.
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Wouldn't those northern communities have died anyway if the unions had their way? I really felt for those families but the truth was nobody wanted our expensive coal.. It was time for a change and someone had to make that tough call. Industrial Britain made way of free enterprise. That couldn't have been a bad thing long term.
 
Anyone who is offended by posts in here should probably stay away from the internet for the next few days.

Just popped in to FB and quickly backed away from what seems to be going down there.

Not my style tbh.
 
Number_25 said:
You have to remember that her nasty party destroyed the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people.

You either love her or hate her, there's no sitting on the fence as far as I'm concerned. In fact I'm happy that people are saying their true feelings now, we're all different people with different opinions.
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It goes without saying, she was a controversial figure, during a controversial time. However, if you want to comment about her, then just do so respectfully; You can state you opinions be it positive, or negative and put it across in a way which you don't relate to name calling, or petty behviour - See http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24082154&postcount=238 for a perfect example.

BuffetSlayer doesn't like Thatcher, but puts his opinions across in such a way that it doesn't show distaste and that's the key thing. Moderators won't delete opinions which aren't crass, or distasteful, but will delete ones which relate to petty name calling, disrespect of a person and family who has just lost a loved one, or posts which break the boundaries of taste.

Keep it polite and on topic and there's no reason for moderation - even if you disagree with what she did for the country (or didn't do).
 
Oh right...so I can't express my opinion, because I have to 'show some respect'... :rolleyes:

Well, I had no respect for her, and this is a thread on a computer forum not her official obituary.

And yes, I did live through her entire time as PM
 
I will show as much respect as I deem fit thank you very much, I don't need other people telling me what I should think.
I lived and was economically affected by her governments, she was very confrontational, presided over some very corrupt politicians and showed absolutely no compassion.

She single handedly destroyed this country.
I have been unfortunate enough to hear some of the tributes in the media and the whole thing is laughable.
If you think her family remotely care what an ordinary person thinks, you really have no idea about them at all.
 
Freakbro said:
Oh right...so I can't express my opinion, because I have to 'show some respect'... :rolleyes:

Well, I had no respect for her, and this is a thread on a computer forum not her official obituary.

And yes, I did live through her entire time as PM
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hilly said:
It goes without saying, she was a controversial figure, during a controversial time. However, if you want to comment about her, then just do so respectfully; You can state you opinions be it positive, or negative and put it across in a way which you don't relate to name calling, or petty behviour - See http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=24082154&postcount=238 for a perfect example.

BuffetSlayer doesn't like Thatcher, but puts his opinions across in such a way that it doesn't show distaste and that's the key thing. Moderators won't delete opinions which aren't crass, or distasteful, but will delete ones which relate to petty name calling, disrespect of a person and family who has just lost a loved one, or posts which break the boundaries of taste.

Keep it polite and on topic and there's no reason for moderation - even if you disagree with what she did for the country (or didn't do).
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Applies.
 
McGray said:
Anyone who is offended by posts in here should probably stay away from the internet for the next few days.

Just popped in to FB and quickly backed away from what seems to be going down there.

Not my style tbh.
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You'll get that every where you go; As mods it's our 'job' to try and keep at least an ounce of respect within the thread and that's what we intend to do. Moderating styles haven't changed on here and those "testing the waters" will be dealt with. This is a place for sensible discussion and childish behaviour won't be tolerated.
 
Shayper said:
Applies.
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Absolutely applies. You can say you didn't like Thatcher, not many would care; If you want to post that you didn't like her, or her party, or her political views, then that's fine. But at least put some context into why and show some respect for what is a grieving family and a dead old lady.

It's not much to ask.
 
Whilst I personally have nothing against her as ultimately was before my time I'm a firm believer in respecting the dead anyway.

What I would question is, where were all the mods and bleeding hearts during the Amy Winehouse thread and many others pretty much celebrating the deaths of people? Where's the arguments for "black humour" and this is how British people deal with tradegy or death. And the why treat with respect after death if not earned whilst alive arguments.

It seems a bit selective in who we are supposed to treat with respect after death, based on the personal feelings of some posters and mods rather than a universal application regardless of whom the dead person is.
 
Freakbro said:
Oh right...so I can't express my opinion, because I have to 'show some respect'... :rolleyes:

Well, I had no respect for her, and this is a thread on a computer forum not her official obituary.

And yes, I did live through her entire time as PM
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While I didn't particularly like the woman I think every dead person deserves some respect. There's a family left behind irrespective of what the deceased has done.

Plus people need to also remember that they are only `users` of a forum and as such they abide by the rules of the forum, under direction from the moderating team.

While it's obvious some loathed the woman, yet others think she was the best thing since sliced bread, I wonder what the parents/loved ones of the deceased from the Hillsborough disaster think. Especially as she presided over that period too.
 
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