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Originally Posted by arista

I agree


But today In Central Africa
kids are being Killed.


That Dead Man would want that Debated
on BBC4 World news


Can you not see that?

Shush now - it's true that he himself would want that issue discussed far more than his own death, and it's true that willfully ignoring these obviously massive issues in favor of publishing endless and excessive obituaries is ironically making a mockery of everything this man stood for. But don't you understand, arista? Don't you see? There are more important things at play than his politics, here. He was not just a great man and a great politician, don't forget. More (most) importantly - he was a political celebrity.

A celebrity! A CELEBRITY, Arista... has died! All other news must wait for its proper time. Don't worry, it shouldn't be too long. He might engulf the press for slightly longer than Ms Thatcher, but I don't think we're going to venture into Michael Jackson territory. That would just be excessive. He didn't even have any cosmetic surgery.