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A Day of Much Randomness
Me again.
Back in electronic form, free of charge and with no prospect of a subscription to access my archive. I'm free, baby, so come and take me.
So, what's on my mind? Well, someone chopped Mrs Thatcher's head off. Ok, technically she's Baroness Thatcher and it was a statue not the real thing, but I find the story quite fascinating. Why? Well, because not a single one of our current politicians generates that sort of passion in people. Sure, you might have passionately disagreed with many of her policies, and I did, but you have to respect the fact that she had a vision and a desire to change society. Blair? He just wants to stay in power.
Back in electronic form, free of charge and with no prospect of a subscription to access my archive. I'm free, baby, so come and take me.
So, what's on my mind? Well, someone chopped Mrs Thatcher's head off. Ok, technically she's Baroness Thatcher and it was a statue not the real thing, but I find the story quite fascinating. Why? Well, because not a single one of our current politicians generates that sort of passion in people. Sure, you might have passionately disagreed with many of her policies, and I did, but you have to respect the fact that she had a vision and a desire to change society. Blair? He just wants to stay in power.
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Thatcher might actually be a peculiar flashpoint in British politics, but loony European left-wingers going after politicians they dislike isn't exactly news in Europe. I was stunned to find out that the Red Army Brigade is still active and killing people this year - they might have at least updated their name. And an animal-rights activist killed Pim Fortuyn - who didn't even have a stated position on the issue.
It might well be simply because she's not in or running for office that this guy didn't take a cudgel to Thatcher's real head. I don't think we can assume stunts like this are just signs of nonviolent protest, anymore. You obviously can't deem this guy a terrorist or would-be murderer, but you can't view him as a harmless kook, either.