Why do people get uncomfortable when we speak “ill” of the dead? They are DEAD. We all will die, why is it so wrong to not suddenly “love” or “feel loss” when bad people die. It’s the ultimate closure for victims.

And the cheerleader of neo liberalism. This isn't about a frail old woman, just as the right-wing media's beatification has nothing to do with the human being.

The shameful revision of history bring trumpeted by the papers and politicos of all parties is far more offensive than a party. And anyway, it's a fitting tribute to the most divisive politician in British history that some should celebrate whilst others mourn. She made her bed - now, finally, she's lying in it.

Celebrate the demise of Thatcherism.

Indy is a news site not a personal blog site.

"The death parties that have occured across Britain at the news of Maggie Thatcher's death are shameful, and appeal to the lowest and basest human instinct."

Yes, I agree. To celebrate the death of any human being is a depraved thing to do, no civilised person would celebrate death for any reason.

Here is a video of the civilised Hillary Clinton doing exactly that!
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgcd1ghag5Y


"As for George Galloway, this man cannot critise anybody. He once smoked a long cigar with the insane murdering sons of Saddam Hussain. What kind of strange person praises Saddam Hussain?"

The same strange type of person that continues to work tirelessly to keep Thatchers legacy alive and well by framing all morality between the difference of "left" and "right".

I'm afraid you will just have to shove it. No offence.

Yes it's distasteful but people are entitled to express their anger. The "special relationship" Thatcher cemented with Reagan involved supporting Reagan's in propping-up murderous Fascist regimes around the world, involved actively opposing campaigners who fought against the violent racism of Apartheid in South Africa, and involved Thatcher's very own "special relationship" with torturer and child-killer Augusto Pinochet

Are you the same person who keeps moralising about people who make fun of the hypocrisy of Fascists? Obviously we've got to draw the line somewhere but some of the nit-picking that appears on Indymedia is just silly. If I call Thatcher "stupid" is that prejudicial against people who (through no fault of their own) have a low IQ? Language is flexible enough to communicate different meanings in different contexts but some (probably just one) of the people using Indymedia seems to think THEIR own interpretation of words and symbols is the only one that can ever be right.

Adapt yourself to popular culture and learn to disentangle the subtleties of what people say and what people a actually mean.... more importantly, get used to a world in which anger exists

If you're not going to celebrate her death, then don't, fair enough. And if you campaigned against Thatcherism then that's great, but thousands of old people DIED, eg - of MRSA and C-Difficile infections that swept NHS hospitals after the Tories privatised NHS ward cleaning, and died in literally stinking, overcrowded hospital wards. Thatcher in contrast died in the RITZ. Spare the rest of us your sanctimonious harping please.

As for Thatcher's immediate family, Denis Thatcher is dead, Carol Thatcher more-or-less stays out of politics but couldn't resist referring to a famous black athlete as a "golliwog", Mark Thatcher, you might have forgotten, is a former South African resident who was arrested for helping to organise the armed (albeit unsuccessful) overthrow of an African government - "armed overthrow" means KILLING PEOPLE by the way

Especially in context of his mother's hostility to the Anti-Apartheid movement, Mark's willingness to kill is also part of the legacy of Thatcherism - and his reason for plotting to kill Africans was to help multinational corporations get their hands of Equatorial Guinea's enormous oil and gas reserves

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Thatcher#Equatorial_Guinea_coup

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Equatorial_Guinea_coup_d%27état_attempt

Naturally Mark Thatcher escaped justice, by virtue of being well-connected and very rich

its that simple,
the Ritzy sign was brilliant, but "bitch is dead" was lazy&daft.

car horns blaring, champagne& ding dong songs cant be used by the tory propaganda machine,

dont give the tories golden PR oppurtunities show videos like this,
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdLPckq2Jdk

"When she died she was a frail elderly women suffering from dementia..."

..who still hadn't apologised for any of her crimes against humanity. If she had then, hey, anyone deserves a second chance. But she didn't. So why should we feel sorry for her?