> John Wright wrote:

>> ®i©ardo wrote:

>>> John Wright wrote:

>>>> ®i©ardo wrote:

>>>>> Graculus wrote:

>>>>>> "Brian Robertson" wrote in message
>>>>>> news:_z9sk.133348$Mn3.2079@newsfe30.ams2...

>>>>>>> Thatcher has dementia and, surely to God, her time on this planet
>>>>>>> must now be growing short. Whilst it is pleasant to see her
>>>>>>> crumble, I admit that an agonising death (Some kind of cancer
>>>>>>> perhaps) would be preferable, but what the hell, we can't have
>>>>>>> everything. I vote for her head to be removed and for it to be
>>>>>>> placed on traitor's gate.

>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's taken till now to realise she's going ga-ga?!?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> While I have no time for the old bat, and she certainly doesn't
>>>>>> deserve a state funeral when she does go, dementia is bad news
>>>>>> less for the victime herself, more for those who have to care for
>>>>>> her. While I am sure there's enough money to have other people
>>>>>> handling her day-to-day care, it'll be Carol you should feel sorry
>>>>>> for. As the nearest and closest relative (Mark, no doubt, is busy
>>>>>> organising coups in Africa), it'll be her who has to watch the
>>>>>> decline and the difficulty/frustration in trying to communicating
>>>>>> with her. Anyone who has had an elderly relative go through this
>>>>>> will understand.

>>>>>
>>>>> Well said, but for those for whom hatred is an integral part of
>>>>> their lives, the last thing that they'd understand is compassion.

>>>>
>>>> Which is a shame in some ways, what makes people like Mrs Thatcher
>>>> so evil is their total lack of compassion. What makes other people
>>>> better is that they do have it.
>>>>

>>>
>>> Thank you for so aptly demonstrating my point. Your mistake is
>>> judging others by your own level of bigotry and hatred.

>>
>> I don't hate anyone - simply try to understand them. Hence my point
>> about lack of compassion.
>>

>>> Your obsession about someone who ceased to be Prime Minister 18 years
>>> ago, on whom you you blaming all the ills of today's state of the
>>> country, suggests that you need treatment.

>>
>> Not an obsession at all. Take those rose tinted glasses off if you
>> think it is.
>>

>>> ............................................Your Socialist buddies
>>> have been in power for 11 years now, although it must be admitted
>>> that it's taken a little longer than usual to bring the country to
>>> its knees, in true Labour party style. That, however, is only due to
>>> the strength of the financial legacy bequeathed by the outgoing Tories.

>>
>> They're not my buddies. I am certainly not a socialist in the sense
>> you think perhaps I am. I am certainly no supporter of any variation
>> of Labour Party thats in power or even has been in power. If you dig
>> hard enough you might find things written by me elsewhere in a
>> political sense. This might give you a clue.
>>

>>> It's even more frightening to think that the way Gordon the Tinkerer
>>> and his Darling are running things at the moment, the pair of them
>>> seem less able to make rational decisions and more in need of
>>> treatment than many people who are receiving it.

>>
>>
>> Indeed.
>>

>
> Still, given the words: "Which is a shame in some ways, what makes
> people like Mrs Thatcher so evil is their total lack of compassion. What
> makes other people better is that they do have it." perhaps you should
> judge not, lest you be judged.

> As I said earlier: "...for those for whom hatred is an integral part of
> their lives, the last thing that they'd understand is compassion."
> ...given that there is no proof, apart from your personal bias, that Mrs
> Thatcher totally lacked compassion. Perhaps her compassion was for those
> not hell bent on confrontation, and who would have suffered because of it.
>
> One of the real problems is that, via the "best" of Socialist
> "principles", once the State becomes a direct employer via a
> nationalised industry they are required to make employer type decisions
> as to the viability of that particular industry.
>
> Rose tinted spectacles seem more your line than mine.