Surprisingly, who came to the defence of Margaret Thatcher but John Lydon?
He used to be Johnny Rotten, the singer of the '70s punk group Sex Pistols, that released the single "Anarchy in the UK" and mocked the British national anthem in their song "God Save The Queen".
He said: "I'm not happy about the boo boo parties":
'When someone dies, give them respect. Enemy or not. I can't be listening to folk who do that.
'What kind of politics are they offering me? You dance on another person's grave? That's loathsome.'
But as to whether he would be watching an TV coverage of Baroness Thatcher's funeral, he said: 'I might have something better to do.'
He added: 'Her politics were really dreadful and derisive [sic] and caused a great many issues for me when I was young, for all of us trying to go through that.
'But that don't mean I am gonna dance on her grave, as they say. I'm not that kind of person.
'I was her enemy in her life but I will not be her enemy in her death. I am not a coward.'
I respect John Lydon all the more for that. Of course, he certainly disagrees with her politics, but he respects life. All the best to him. He once said "don't hurt each other; otherwise, rules are for fools" and he lives by that.
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