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…if you opposed Thatcher’s ideas it was likely because of their lack of compassion, which is really just a word for love. If love is something you cherish, it is hard to glean much joy from death, even in one’s enemies.
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What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker suggests that opposition to Thatcher's ideas came from their lack of compassion, which they call simply another word for love. Anyone who truly values love, they argue, will struggle to take pleasure in a death, even that of an enemy.
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