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Would disrespectful cartoons such as this be allowed if other political dignities such as Nelson Mandela happened to die?
Would disrespectful cartoons such as this be allowed if other political dignities such as Nelson Mandela happened to die?
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Nelson Mandela is not perceived as divisive, but divisiveness is not the point of the cartoon. The point is that Mrs Thatcher did like the state, or local government, being in ownership or direct control of industries. Therefore, her wish, put one way, would be that her own funeral would be entirely in the hands of private companies, the best offer, and preferably the cheapest one, being accepted. As it happens, rubbish collection was something which local authorities dealt with by putting collection out to private tender. So, there's a juxtaposition in the cartoon.
And so there's nothing offensive in the cartoon, seen that way.
And so there's nothing offensive in the cartoon, seen that way.
Would disrespectful cartoons such as this be allowed if other political dignities such as Nelson Mandela happened to die?
It's a moot point, because Nelson Mandela, like Mother Theresa and Dr Martin Luther King, are almost universally respected.
Baroness Thatcher, whichever way you lean politically, was an extremely divisive character.
There are many people who genuinely hate her.
I don't think you could say the same for Nelson Mandela (unless of course, you're someone who hankers for the days of apartheid).
It's a moot point, because Nelson Mandela, like Mother Theresa and Dr Martin Luther King, are almost universally respected.
Baroness Thatcher, whichever way you lean politically, was an extremely divisive character.
There are many people who genuinely hate her.
I don't think you could say the same for Nelson Mandela (unless of course, you're someone who hankers for the days of apartheid).
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/She wasn't even Prime Minister during the Winter of Discontent/
the cartoon makes no reference to the WoD
it alludes to the privatising of 'state' services to the lowest bidder and a subsequent lowering of standards
as a subtext, it appears that the private contractor has an old coal mine to use for body disposals
the cartoon makes no reference to the WoD
it alludes to the privatising of 'state' services to the lowest bidder and a subsequent lowering of standards
as a subtext, it appears that the private contractor has an old coal mine to use for body disposals
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My only criticsm of this is that it's derivative - looks like a Steve Bell cartoon
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