The greatest evils of the 20th century were done with good intentions, it doesn't necessarily mean that people shouldn't be celebrating the fact that the despotic regimes of Hitler and Stalin came to a close. In the case of Hitler, many in Germany were dancing in the streets. I'd argue that a person's worth is to be decided by those who have experienced times as dictated by them, as the proof of a higher power doing the judging is somewhat lacking. To say that the dead inherently deserve respect for no greater reason than 'they simply do' is a fallacious and circular argument that should have no place in any age with proper reverence for reason and logic. I wish less of a big deal was made about her death because, as far as I'm concerned, she deserves to be forgotten.
Thatcherism destroyed the lives of near enough everyone living in the northern parts of the British isles, out of which an elite minority prospered obscenely, setting dangerous precedents which allowed the banks to allocate vast cash bonuses to their highest ranking executives, which, in turn, led to the financial faux pas our country ended up being mired in for far too long.
I have argued the case for justification of celebration in relation to Margaret Thatcher's demise, if you care to support your argument with a level of reason and rhetoric that the subject deserves, I will gladly listen and hopefully concede certain points while continuing to issue certain fundamental points of challenge.
Over to you
I haven't studied this in detail. I just know that basics, it's true that she ruined a lot of people's lives and made unemployment levels rise. It's true that two recessions happened while she was in power. I can't argue that her leadership caused more loss than gain, but this still doesn't give people the right to celebrate her death. She felt that for changes to be made sacrifices also had to be made, she wasn't being malicious. So why then do people maliciously celebrate her death? An eye for an eye makes everyone blind. What good will come out of celebrating her death? None at all. It will only cause a divide between supporters and those celebrating.
I don't think that a comparison between Thatcher and Hitler is a good one. Hitler attempted genocide and caused suffering and deaths of people simply because they were Jewish, and even caused a famine for the rest of German citizens. He was also a dictator, controlling the lives of everyone. No wonder people danced in the streets when he died, they were liberated by his death.
When Thatcher died, she was no longer in power. She was an elderly woman who had long - since retired. the problems she caused were much less than the problems Hitler caused, although they still justify anger. If people hated Thatcher, they should have celebrated when she lost power and be done with it. There is no reason why they should torment her beyond the grave.
I disagree mainly with the manner of how people celebrate her death. This was in a newspaper:
"A four-year-old boy yelled 'Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead!' to cheers from the hundreds of people who celebrated the death of Baroness Thatcher in London's Trafalgar Square yesterday."
How can this method of celebration be justified? A child is being taught that it is okay to disrespect someone who has died. This child isn't old enough to understand about Margaret Thatcher, he will simply think that yelling abuse is a good thing to do. If people are happy that Thatcher has died, why do they then have to promote this behaviour? They have gone beyond protesting to in essence spitting on her grave. They build models of her and burn them, they promote this frenzied behaviour, and for what? Nothing will be solved by it. They've overstepped the line from being justified to just taking it too far.
