UK's Thatcher, rot in hell . . .

You don't get to decide what their best interests are. What the people want and what they vote for and how the government treats their wants are three different matters.A better question might be: Why do you re-elect legislators that don't do what you want?

Damn!Err, one of them was the BBC. (The dreaded BBC). Do I get some credit back?

Perhaps they should hang,draw and quarter her and pitch the heap in the Thames.

But, if their best interests intersect my best interests, there seems to be a problem. Yes? Your singing to the choir Ringo. A very odious thing many people justify their actions is because: the opposition is worse. However, when we vote for a lesser evil, it is still evil. I never have persuaded a person from voting lesser evil. If you know a way, please enlighten me.

Reductio ad absurdum is not a fallacy. It's a legitimate form of argument, and a very valuable one.If your very vague argument would do as an excuse for people whom you do not wish to excuse (Hitler, Stalin, Vlad The Impaler) then you yourself should see that it's worthless as an excuse for people whom you do wish to excuse.

To the people whose livielihood, health, and lives she negatively affected, no, is is not JUST a point of contention.Try to look at it from the victim's point of view.

My point would be that no-one (strictly speaking) voted for Thatcher at all, and only a minority voted for her party. Indeed, if one of the American parties got as small a proportion of the vote as the Conservatives did, it would be considered a crushing defeat.

Perhaps they should hang,draw and quarter her and pitch the heap in the Thames.Too much effort for the bitch. But I likes your thought.

Fair enough.
your point is well made.
I will say that I do not wish to excuse Hitler, Stalin and Vlad.
I do not feel Margaret Thatcher is in the same league as those.I still feel saying rot in hell and the like at a funeral is in poor taste.

At the funeral, yes. But dronestar isn't at the funeral. We might argue about which comments are more over the top, but let's also take into account the time and place in which dronestar made his comments.

What would give you satisfaction?

I am starting to believe you may have a very low bar of discrimination.Since YOU brought up Hitler, IF you attended Hitler's funeral would you still be respectful and solemn? If you couldn't attend, would you respect the people who attended the funeral who showed respect?Edited by dronester, : quotes

Quite. But that would have to be argued, you can't just produce a general argument that we can't judge decision-makers. Well, that depends. Some people said that I exhibited poor taste by rejoicing in the death of Osama bin Laden.I do think it was poor taste in the case of Thatcher, and I believe I have said as much. It's not like she died in office, it doesn't make any difference that she's dead.

I could live without ANY comment after their deaths, but miilions of tax dollars spent on war criminal's funerals? Praising their support to the 1%ers? Disregarding their actions which made the world less humane for the rest?GRRRR!

Your right. And I did just that.
I knew when I posted it that it was going to be ripped. I knew in my mind what I meant. (Ha ha)Have you ever been in a position that required your leadership and decisions that would affect many for good or bad. And if so how did you square that with accomplishing the mission when doing so would have ill effects on some people?Just curious.