Where did I say it was ok?
I'm no fan of Thatcher, but I'm against dancing on people's graves whoever they are. I was including both the Fergie remark and the Thatcher one in my criticism.
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Where did I say it was ok?
I'm no fan of Thatcher, but I'm against dancing on people's graves whoever they are. I was including both the Fergie remark and the Thatcher one in my criticism.
Where did I say it was ok?
I'm no fan of Thatcher, but I'm against dancing on people's graves whoever they are. I was including both the Fergie remark and the Thatcher one in my criticism.
No I didnt mean you. I meant the last time there was a Lady T thread in CE some posters were Rawkish about her demise
Oh I see, yeah I don't agree with those kinds of posts personally. I find that approach pretty abhorrent, I hope it was criticised on there at the very least. I don't know about TLW but RAWK certainly isn't as well regulated as things are on here, some of the stuff posted when the Munich program was on BBC was revolting.
Ding Dong.
I think it would be tasteless to celebrate Thatcher's death, as I felt it was to do so with the deaths of Bin Laden and Gadaffi, but you can hardly compare Sir Alex Ferguson with one of the worst and vilest Britons in modern history.
They have contacted the Society of Black Lawyers and had a go at them for their criticisms, and now one of them has a friend who is well- versed in all things South American, so he wants to get in touch with the club's hierarchy and offer them his friend's services.
I find their self-importance and can-do attitude cringeworthyhy and admirable at the same time.
I find their self-importance and can-do attitude cringeworthyhy and admirable at the same time.
Thatcher did more damage to this country than anyone else in history.
Why it's in here I don't know mind.
Stop telling other folk what to do by labelling their actions 'Rawkish'.
Bad feeling against that horrible bitch pre exists the internet. People are entitled to feel the way they feel.
Comparing Fergie and Thatcher is laughable. They are both human (though the latter is still to be proved IMO) but Fergie has done no damage to the population of a nation.
I'll happily open a bottle of champers the day she croaks.
I don't give a feck if it's 'classless' or 'wrong'. feck her.
Anyway, RAWK is laughed at by most Liverpool fans. Why? because mostly it's full of bells that dont go to the game telling those that do how to act/support/follow their team.
It doesn;t even begin to represent Liverpool and their support. Certainly not any I've ever met anyway.
Why it's in here I don't know mind.
Stop telling other folk what to do by labelling their actions 'Rawkish'.
Bad feeling against that horrible bitch pre exists the internet. People are entitled to feel the way they feel.
Comparing Fergie and Thatcher is laughable. They are both human (though the latter is still to be proved IMO) but Fergie has done no damage to the population of a nation.
I'll happily open a bottle of champers the day she croaks.
I don't give a feck if it's 'classless' or 'wrong'. feck her.
Anyway, RAWK is laughed at by most Liverpool fans. Why? because mostly it's full of bells that dont go to the game telling those that do how to act/support/follow their team.
It doesn;t even begin to represent Liverpool and their support. Certainly not any I've ever met anyway.
This. I'll join you in that drink when the sad old bat pops her clogs.
p.s you made RAWK sound like the Caf
Me too. The old ginger cnut.
Ah the Thatcher stuff turns my stomach. It really does...it brings out the absolute worst in me.
I don't mean to criticise those who can't go regular. I'e been nowhere near as much this as in previous seasons. That's not my intention. I didn't mean for it to sound 'them and us'. Just from what I know from scouse supporting mates. Nobody takes RAWK seriously, not even their own.
The Caf is not perfect, it can't be given the size of its membership...we're all going to disagree, see things differently and have different experiences and, to a degree, have differring ideas of what is and isn't acceptable inside/outside a football ground.
At least we're given the chance to express opinions on here. There are obvious and understandable taboos (rightly in my own opinion). But we're not obstructed from having opinions...no matter how ridiculous they sound.
Liverpool supporters get banned from RAWK for not towing the party line with the accusation of being 'A fecking manc' because they don't think Benitez shits gold and pisses Moet. They're ridiculous.
Their conspiracy theories though entertaining are sad.
I honestly think there is a mental institution somewhere off the coast of this country with very lax internet rules. They don't accept new members because the cells are already full of straight jacketed, over emotional simpletons who type with their nose, rocking back and forth muttering Rafas name while watching re runs of 'The Big Match'.
Think i might have been one of the rawkish ones in question.
.. Anyway, i can see another meltdown tonight over there. Newcastle will beat them.
My views on Thatcher have been echoed by those willing to enjoy her death above.
Personally though, I'd much rather she endures a prolonged period of unbearable agony - she's one of the people who really deserve it.
Personally though, I'd much rather she endures a prolonged period of unbearable agony - she's one of the people who really deserve it.
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I think I made the thread in question. I heard she was gone and in my excitment I posted a thread that was somewhat premature.
I agree with Erica for once, people who turn Thatcher into some kind of Hitler esque bogey woman for all their social indignations & wish for her death are being childish, bias and emotively distorted. Not to mention mostly disingenuous. Isn't that exactly what we consider RAWKish? And I'm not a fan of Thatcher by any means
Yep. I just can't find it in myself to wish death on someone. Thatcher was awful but she wasn't Stalin, after all.
Well I would wish death on a Hitler, but for all Thatchers awfulness, she wasn't even remotely close to that. And painting her as such is just deliberately distorting the issue to make your indignation seem more righteous/paletable. Again, exactly what we've been laughing at pool fans for doing for ages.
It has been a common theme if someone disagrees with another on here to label that person RAWKish as a form of one-upmanship.
For what it's worth I agree comparing Thatcher and Hitler is a quite strange but comparing Ferguson with Thatcher is just insane.
Is the old cow dead?
Seeing that post at the top of the page got my hopes up
Thatcher's death won't be celebrated by me. Not because of any love for her, I'm quite the opposite in fact, but she'll have been out of power for 20 odd years and it won't change the long lasting impact of the damage she's caused.
Newt Gingrich, on the other hand.
I hope he gets cancer.
I hope he gets cancer.
To be honest anyone revelling in the death of an old, frail woman, regardless of what she has done in the past and whether you agree with her ideals and what she did or not should be absolutely ashamed with themselves. I'm actually rather disgusted to see such posts on these boards, you're not just letting yourselves down but you're letting everyone who posts here down because you represent us just as much as anyone and other people can read these boards as much as we read RAWK.
I havent compared Lady T to Fergie . I was trying to point out that we are only too quick to condemn Rawkites for wishing death on Fergie yet here we have some who would wish death on LAdy T. As much as I loathed Bliar and that wide mouthed frog of a wife, I don't wish death on them
Take this to the current events forum again and stop spamming the RAWK thread.
I've never understood this obsession many have with Thatcher dying. I mean no matter what she's done in the past, right now she's just a senile old woman who has no influence whatsoever and hasn't done for more than two decades.
Bit like Liverpool actually.
Bit like Liverpool actually.
Tell that to your comrades
I didn't mean to open a can of worms with that Thatcher thing, this discussion is probably more suited to the CE forum.
I merely wanted to point out how uneasy this theme of dancing on graves makes me, no matter what I thought of that person. Even taking away the explosive Thatcher element to that TLW post quoted, I think most of us would object to the comments in relation to Fergie.
Part of the reason I like the Caf is that comments like that are pretty scarce, and when they do pop up they're generally dealt with well.
I merely wanted to point out how uneasy this theme of dancing on graves makes me, no matter what I thought of that person. Even taking away the explosive Thatcher element to that TLW post quoted, I think most of us would object to the comments in relation to Fergie.
Part of the reason I like the Caf is that comments like that are pretty scarce, and when they do pop up they're generally dealt with well.
Just watching SSN there, and they have a new poll - goal of 2011. Glen Johnson against Chelsea is in it.
Keep an eye on that one Olly
Keep an eye on that one Olly
It's not your fault at all, it was me who mentioned Lady T as an example of our hypocrisy
Sorry sir
Well, she was the prime minister for 11 odd years and she must have done something right.
EDIT: Everybody has moved on, this post is not intended for any debate. Let's just laugh at Liverpool.
EDIT: Everybody has moved on, this post is not intended for any debate. Let's just laugh at Liverpool.
I agree with him though.
I also agree with Red Jamie who has bumped the MT thread in the CE
I don't know about laughing when she dies, but I would definitely shit in her handbag, given half a chance.
I just want to note I will be dancing on 'Lady T's' grave.