Celebrating the death of politicians.....fair or foul?

[JustAlex]

I didn't get a chance to talk about this when I wanted, but I will now.

I want to know your opinion of whether or not you think it's fair to celebrate the death of a politician.

The reason I bring this up is because of the recent death of Margaret Thatcher.

She was HATED in the UK for her very right wing ideologies....example of celebrations:





^Here we see it happening during a Liverpool Soccer game.


OK, now here is my opinion on this topic.

There are PLENTY of politicians who I disagree with in every single issue, but I wouldn't celebrate their deaths.

HOWEVER....there are some politicians who not only do I disagree with in policy, they have made the world a worse place than what it was....such as Dick Cheney.

His death WILL be celebrated by myself, because I will know that on that day, a terrible human being is gone forever and even though his crimes against humanity may never have been brought to justice, death as they say....is the great equalizer.

[Wickabee]

In don't celebrate death. Occasionally I say "good" and leave it at that, but that's a game time decision.

[deansayso]

+1 wick...when bin laden was killed I wasn't super excited, just relieved. I don't celebrate death and no one else should either..

[habsheaven]

I would never celebrate the death of a politician. They are people first and foremost and because of that they deserve respect.

[mrveggieman]

Everyone (except for myself) celebrated when Sadaam was murdered and that was ok but Thatcher dies people celebrate and all of a sudden that is wrong. Go figure.

[Star_Cards]

I think people celebrating a politicians death is a bit sad. I get if you didn't agree with their positions on things, but in the end it's a person just like the rest of us who have family and friends who care about them. People who celebrate are rather cold.

[Star_Cards]

Everyone (except for myself) celebrated when Sadaam was murdered and that was ok but Thatcher dies people celebrate and all of a sudden that is wrong. Go figure.

I think there's a difference even if you put both saddam and thatcher on the same politician level. Things that both of them did during their careers are very different. I wouldn't say that I celebrated sadaams death, but I didn't really have any sympathy for him either.

[Wickabee]

Everyone (except for myself) celebrated when Sadaam was murdered and that was ok but Thatcher dies people celebrate and all of a sudden that is wrong. Go figure.

I did?
You learn something new everyday. Wish I'd been there.

Thank you veg for pointing out you're the only person on earth who didn't celebrate Saddam's death. I'm such a hypocrite.

[habsheaven]

Everyone (except for myself) celebrated when Sadaam was murdered and that was ok but Thatcher dies people celebrate and all of a sudden that is wrong. Go figure.

I didn't celebrate when they killed Saddam. Who told you that it was "ok" to celebrate his death? That was nothing more than a formal lynching.

[mrveggieman]

I didn't celebrate when they killed Saddam. Who told you that it was "ok" to celebrate his death? That was nothing more than a formal lynching.

I knew that it was wrong to celebrate his death despite the mainstrain media telling us to party like it was 1999. What even made me sick was when I was watching nfl countdown on espn they decided to add their own political commentary. I watch espn for sports not the hear Chris Berman celebrate another man's untimely death. And you are absolutely right Sadaam's death wasn't anything more than a modern day lynching. And you wonder why other countries hate us so much.