Maggie Thatcher, statesman extrodinaire

Cliffy

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Maggie was a statesman alright - a man without a penis. The Iron Maiden had to give up her femininity to get that high up in a man's game.
 

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Maggie was a statesman alright - a man without a penis. The Iron Maiden had to give up her femininity to get that high up in a man's game.

My, my....you are quite the sexist aren't you. Why is it some men feel that women give up their femininity to achieve? Do you feel she would have been better off in the kitchen making cookies?
 

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My, my....you are quite the sexist aren't you. Why is it some men feel that women give up their femininity to achieve? Do you feel she would have been better off in the kitchen making cookies?
No. But if you also look at Indira Gandhi and Golda Meyer, all three were war mongers. At that time in history, politics on that scale was a man's game. It has nothing to do with being successful or achievement, it has more to do with my low opinion of politics. They had to lower their standards to get to those positions.
 

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No. But if you also look at Indira Gandhi and Golda Meyer, all three were war mongers. At that time in history, politics on that scale was a man's game. It has nothing to do with being successful or achievement, it has more to do with my low opinion of politics. They had to lower their standards to get to those positions.

Sexism works both ways.
 

Cliffy

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Sexism works both ways.

You like to throw that term around. Accusations are usually an attempt at deflection.

Only men are stupid enough to want to play war. Women were not designed for that level of stupidity. Although these days, more and more are joining the military for front line duty, which is completely baffling to me. I think killing people is wrong under any circumstance. We banned the death penalty but it is OK to go to foreign lands and kill them. Something seriously wrong with the human psyche.
 

Cannuck

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Only men are stupid enough to want to play war. Women were not designed for that level of stupidity.

Sexist nonsense. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Although these days, more and more are joining the military for front line duty, which is completely baffling to me.

Not only is it baffling to you but it is also evidence of just how wrong your sexist view is.
 

Cliffy

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Sexist nonsense. You should be ashamed of yourself.



Not only is it baffling to you but it is also evidence of just how wrong your sexist view is.
You like to throw that term around. Accusations are usually an attempt at deflection.
 

mentalfloss

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Margaret Thatcher?

Isn't this the loon that pimped Milton Friedman?

I would hardly trust this woman's opinion on economics considering how much the free market is failing us today.
 

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She did put a scare into all the worthless socialists that were busy destroying England's economy at the time. Too bad there were not more like her.
 

mentalfloss

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She did put a scare into all the worthless socialists that were busy destroying England's economy at the time. Too bad there were not more like her.

I can't speak for crazy socialists, but it's clear that a free market is harmful to us.
 

JLM

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No. But if you also look at Indira Gandhi and Golda Meyer, all three were war mongers. At that time in history, politics on that scale was a man's game. It has nothing to do with being successful or achievement, it has more to do with my low opinion of politics. They had to lower their standards to get to those positions.

If my dim memory serves me correctly, Maggie was instrumental in putting an end to the invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina back in the early 80s. Is that classified as "war mongering"?

Actually, I don't. Sometimes you just have to call a spade a spade though.

I doubt if Spade will be too thrilled with having his name used in vain!
 

Walter

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I have to stop posting when I'm tired; extraordinaryand extraordinaire both have 2 a's. What a maroon.
 

darkbeaver

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I have to stop posting when I'm tired; extraordinaryand extraordinaire both have 2 a's. What a maroon.

It is not uncommon for some men to be sexually atrackted to strong women.
 

Bar Sinister

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No. But if you also look at Indira Gandhi and Golda Meyer, all three were war mongers. At that time in history, politics on that scale was a man's game. It has nothing to do with being successful or achievement, it has more to do with my low opinion of politics. They had to lower their standards to get to those positions.

You missed Boudicea, Catherine the Great, and Jeanne d'Arc. All militarily successful women - even if two of them paid for it with their lives.
 

JLM

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You missed Boudicea, Catherine the Great, and Jeanne d'Arc. All militarily successful women - even if two of them paid for it with their lives.

I think Lucretia Borgia whoever the F........ she was could be a bit of a bitch too eh? :lol:

You missed Boudicea, Catherine the Great, and Jeanne d'Arc. All militarily successful women - even if two of them paid for it with their lives.

I thought Joan of Arc was a young peasant girl.