[InOne]

Even if they don't play it it will always be known as the number 1 the week Thatcher died.

[AnnieK]

I wish they would stop it though now...they are ruining The Wizard of Oz for me now.

[Tom4784]

Everything about this is pointless and annoying.

She's dead so it won't affect her in the slightest, what's the point in rubbing it in her family's faces?

[Redway]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Everything about this is pointless and annoying.

She's dead so it won't affect her in the slightest, what's the point in rubbing it in her family's faces?

[2.]

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Everything about this is pointless and annoying.

She's dead so it won't affect her in the slightest, what's the point in rubbing it in her family's faces?

water off a ducks back I should think, they had to endure her being endlessly mocked on Spitting Image and similar programmes during her terms of office they must have expected some backlash. Princess Diana she ain't.

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Cherie

water off a ducks back I should think, they had to endure her being endlessly mocked on Spitting Image and similar programmes during her terms of office they must have expected some backlash. Princess Diana she ain't.

It's different mocking someone when they're in the throes of grief though. The glee at her death is just undignified for all involved, the only thing a person can achieve by mocking the dead is lowering themselves.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

It's different mocking someone when they're in the throes of grief though. The glee at her death is just undignified for all involved, the only thing a person can achieve by mocking the dead is lowering themselves.

Well that's a view, personally I think the outrage is a bit OTT its just a song, it would be interesting to see if there is an age group that has predominantly bought this, it is so easy to download music now it takes no effort at all so just like P J and Duncan reaching No. 1 it has only happened because of ease of access and because it is cheap. If people had to physically go out and buy it, imo it would never have charted never mind reach top 3 or wherever it is.

[Apple202]

jack i'm sorry but why are you being so bitter

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Apple202

jack i'm sorry but why are you being so bitter

I'm not being bitter I've already said numerous times my opinion on this campaign is actually largely indifferent, my problem is with the BBC breaking their supposed impartial and neutral purpose. I have always respected it as an institution and have defended it against many things, but for it to take a stance on a political or moral issue, whatever you wish to call this, goes against everything it is supposed to stand for, and that's my problem. It is not their place to decide whether this is right or wrong, that debate happens outside of the BBC. This song looks set to make it to the top 10 in the Official Chart, therefore, they should do what they always do (and what the point of that show actually is), and play the song in full, and then move on. A commercial station can do whatever they want, but it's not up to the BBC, Radio 1 or Ben Cooper to say 'well actually nah I think this is disgusting so we're not playing it', personal opinions or feelings on this should not affect, influence or change any aspect of their programming.

I'd also just like to point out (and this doesn't mean I support this campaign at all) but some people had their lives and communities ruined by this woman, people and places of which have never recovered since, and I think they are perfectly entitled to still feel bitter.

[Marc]

To think this country is capable of being that horrid makes me worry

[Me. I Am Salman]

I want this to be #1 and played just to annoy Daily Mail

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Salman!

I want this to be #1 and played just to annoy Daily Mail

You're not alone on that one although what's funny is their front page coverage of this story will have, if anything, propelled and fuelled the campaign even further (BBC News have actually done the same...shooting themselves in the foot really). You could say they'll have got this to chart as high as it has themselves, kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy, which makes it all the more hilarious to see the outrage pouring from their every article and column

[DigitalSid]

EXCLUSIVE: Munchkin fury at Maggie Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead song
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...dong-song.html

Best headline ever?

The only thing that saddens me about this whole thing is learning that Muchkins are Tories.

[Kizzy]

[Jack_]

Thatcher's supporters have began trying to rival this campaign by buying a song called 'I'm in Love With Margaret Thatcher' by the Notsensibles, without realising the song is actually a piss take. ****ing morons

Here's an interview with the band from Sky News on the rival campaign:

Youtube video

The sarcasm gushing out

[MTVN]

The bloke on the right must have gone mental

[Jack_]

Haha the publicly funded BBC refraining from being impartial haha

[Vicky.]

Ended up having to play this at work last night

We refused about 10 times, same table of people kept requesting it, think they found themselves funny. So they went and whinged onto gavins dad that we were refusing to play the songs they asked for. So he went down our necks saying we cant refuse

Actually went down quite well, the whole bar seemed to find it funny. But just

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Ended up having to play this at work last night

We refused about 10 times, same table of people kept requesting it, think they found themselves funny. So they went and whinged onto gavins dad that we were refusing to play the songs they asked for. So he went down our necks saying we cant refuse

Actually went down quite well, the whole bar seemed to find it funny. But just

Bloody morons If people have bought it, fair enough, that's their own concern... but the fact that they have gone out of their way to make others clearly feel uncomfortable for a laugh is pathetic.

[Jack_]

I only find bits of this funny in the same sense that I find dark humour funny, as I said before in this thread this is pretty much exactly the same if you ask me, the same kind of shocked laughs I give Frankie Boyle jokes is the same kind of laugh I've given to this, so I think that's why I'm largely indifferent towards it, I can see both sides. It's not exactly tasteful but neither are dark humoured jokes, it's not exactly respectful but then she didn't respect a lot of those in support of this campaign. I guess it also depends on whether you like that kind of humour as well, if you won't laugh at a comedian's joke about someone that's been murdered you won't laugh at this.

In all honesty if the usual media suspects hadn't given this as much attention as they have I really doubt we'd be in this position, they've fuelled the fire and only have themselves to blame.

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by Jack_

I only find bits of this funny in the same sense that I find dark humour funny, as I said before in this thread this is pretty much exactly the same if you ask me, the same kind of shocked laughs I give Frankie Boyle jokes is the same kind of laugh I've given to this, so I think that's why I'm largely indifferent towards it, I can see both sides. It's not exactly tasteful but neither are dark humoured jokes, it's not exactly respectful but then she didn't respect a lot of those in support of this campaign. I guess it also depends on whether you like that kind of humour as well, if you won't laugh at a comedian's joke about someone that's been murdered you won't laugh at this.

In all honesty if the usual media suspects hadn't given this as much attention as they have I really doubt we'd be in this position, they've fuelled the fire and only have themselves to blame.

But yeah, I'm all for a bit of dark jokes or whatever, I'm just not a fan of this at all. I think that the odd joke about her would be, well not fine or okay, but you know what I mean, but this campaign I find to be very distasteful indeed. But yeah, that's my opinion of it

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by DigitalSid

EXCLUSIVE: Munchkin fury at Maggie Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead song
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...dong-song.html

Best headline ever?

The only thing that saddens me about this whole thing is learning that Muchkins are Tories.

The Sun obviously don't know that Jerry Maren died two years ago, he can't be commenting on anything.

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by 08marsh

The Sun obviously don't know that Jerry Maren died two years ago, he's can't be commenting on anything.

[Marsh.]

At least I think he is, google tells me he died in January 2011.

[Patrick]

I love the British Public.