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caseymoz

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29. I think "Don't speak ill of the dead"

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Original post)

Tue Apr 9, 2013, 05:06 PM

Apr 2013

applies to day-to-day gossip. Not major national and international policies affecting millions of people. If nobody spoke ill of the dead history books would never get written.

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If you don't want people to call you a sociopath when you are dead [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 OP

#reagan #thatcher #cheneysoonenough La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 #1

! In_The_Wind Apr 2013 #68

#lifeisaboutchoices La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 #2

I officially love you Pri! And I usually hate hash tags, LOL !! bettyellen Apr 2013 #51

i do too (hate hashtags and heart you) La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 #58

Well fucking done! All the best to you and Lisa! bettyellen Apr 2013 #60

It really is that simple arcane1 Apr 2013 #3

as someone said on facebook yesterday, sometimes birth is the real tragedy La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 #4

Wise words indeed! arcane1 Apr 2013 #6

That's brilliant! idwiyo Apr 2013 #45

+1. she was a horrible woman. i only wish she could have suffered more while she was still aware HiPointDem Apr 2013 #5

its not very respectful to her victims to forget what they had to endure La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 #7

Is there a way to rec individual posts within a thread? ashling Apr 2013 #35

+1 idwiyo Apr 2013 #44

Very well said!! lunasun Apr 2013 #61

people need to STFU with this religious nutbaggery about her innocent "spirit". boilerbabe Apr 2013 #8

as i said on one of those threads: if someone can prove to me that her spirit exists La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 #10

I hope her spirit exists d_r Apr 2013 #14

her spirit would not care for what us lowly plebeians think about her La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 #15

no d_r Apr 2013 #18

lol. ok then La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 #19

One thing that has always truly amazed liberalhistorian Apr 2013 #81

I bet John Smith's (Labor leader) spirit is kicking Thatcher's spirit's butt right now BlueStreak Apr 2013 #56

I don't believe in Hell tavalon Apr 2013 #74

If her spirit exists there would be grounds for ashling Apr 2013 #36

Why reconsider? It's profoundly correct. tavalon Apr 2013 #73

If her vengeful spirit is roaming the Earth, I've got a suggestion: backscatter712 Apr 2013 #32

Amen. woo me with science Apr 2013 #9

yup. agreed La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 #11

K&R forestpath Apr 2013 #12

Could not have said it better! nomorenomore08 Apr 2013 #13

Nailed it. GoneOffShore Apr 2013 #16

+1000 PD Turk Apr 2013 #17

They have moxy tavalon Apr 2013 #75

Well said. Good point. JDPriestly Apr 2013 #20

Yep. There's that thing called, "legacy". closeupready Apr 2013 #21

also commonsense 101 La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 #22

Damn straight. EOTE Apr 2013 #23

also it's really disrespectful to the victims of these people La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 #24

K&R Jamastiene Apr 2013 #25

Reminds me what I posted here about Jerry Falwell rocktivity Apr 2013 #26

That's how I've always looked at it. --nt CrispyQ Apr 2013 #27

To her credit and/or because of it... ReRe Apr 2013 #28

My father died alone and no one found him for months tavalon Apr 2013 #77

Agree... ReRe Apr 2013 #85

Thank you for not putting in the almost obligatory tavalon Apr 2013 #87

My "Dad" was no prize either... n/t ReRe Apr 2013 #88

I think "Don't speak ill of the dead" caseymoz Apr 2013 #29

Well said Liberalynn Apr 2013 #30

K & effing R n/t malaise Apr 2013 #31

Amen. n/t maddezmom Apr 2013 #33

Excellent point! Spot on. smirkymonkey Apr 2013 #34

Stating that she did horrible things during her life is only expressing an opinion and I find hedgehog Apr 2013 #37

Are people really saying she deserved to die of/with dementia? Arugula Latte Apr 2013 #79

I haven't seen anyone say that she deserved to die with dementia, but hedgehog Apr 2013 #80

spot on. mulsh Apr 2013 #38

Thatcher was much like Reagan, from a modest background a modest education xtraxritical Apr 2013 #39

Truer words were never spoken. n/t Raven Apr 2013 #40

Amen, Pri. Aristus Apr 2013 #41

any discussion on this subject must include mr romney--we dodged a bullet there.... dembotoz Apr 2013 #42

K&R I am with you. She didn't give a shit what us "plebs" thought about her, don't see a reason why idwiyo Apr 2013 #43

Yup...knr joeybee12 Apr 2013 #46

Well, I'm happy to have inspired this thread. Hissyspit Apr 2013 #47

Be proud libodem Apr 2013 #48

Rec #102 Bucky Apr 2013 #49

How Dare You Attack Maggie Thatcher! cer7711 Apr 2013 #50

I wonder what Roger Waters is saying about her. Warren DeMontague Apr 2013 #52

final cut sigmasix Apr 2013 #57

your statement has my unqualified support! Agony Apr 2013 #53

Let's spin that oldie but goodie: U2's cover of Maggie's farm rocktivity Apr 2013 #54

Thank you. Starry Messenger Apr 2013 #55

La Lioness Priyanka Diclotican Apr 2013 #59

It is one thing to attack a relative DonCoquixote Apr 2013 #62

K & R HCE SuiGeneris Apr 2013 #63

Why do we let sociopaths run our countries? Deep13 Apr 2013 #64

I hope she's burning in hell. Apophis Apr 2013 #65

Wigan Football (Soccer) Club are playing in the semi-final of the FA Cup this weekend. SwissTony Apr 2013 #66

K&R nt stevenleser Apr 2013 #67

Sociopath apologia is far more offensive than grave dancing. morningfog Apr 2013 #69

Unfortunately Chalco Apr 2013 #70

Fear of speaking ill of the dead is a symptom of fear that a god exists to punish us when we die. gtar100 Apr 2013 #71

Seems pretty straightforward to me tavalon Apr 2013 #72

Great common sense point, LLP. The ladies doth protest too much, methinks. nt Zorra Apr 2013 #76

Exactly. Don't support Wall St and you won't be remembered as a climate change denier. nt raouldukelives Apr 2013 #78

what is a sociopath, though? hfojvt Apr 2013 #82

I haven't been around here in a while skygazer Apr 2013 #83

... La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2013 #84

makes sense to me ! nt steve2470 Apr 2013 #86