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What we are dealing with today is unwillingness on the part of many to grow up

Ding Dong! Maggie’s gone! But the hatred keeps on coming



In only a few days since the death of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the Wizard of Oz song ‘Ding Dong the Witch is Dead’ has approached the top of the UK singles music chart. It is meant as a direct insult to, and commentary on, the late Conservative leader. Despite having stepped out of party and governmental leadership 23 years earlier, her detractors are still outraged at her so much so that a campaign to make this song Britain’s best seller is likely to succeed.
However, hold the presses! A new Facebook campaign, ‘I’m in love with Margaret Thatcher for #1’; is promoting a song of the same name from 1979 by a little known group called The Notsensibles. The song recently made a comeback in the film ‘The Iron Lady’. Friends of mine on Facebook lamented about the hatred towards an elderly lady whilst trying to come to terms with a public that seeks revenge and displays disdain in celebratory street parties. The cruelty and spite expressed has been troubling to many. My reactive response was two-fold. The minor is simply that some people have an issue with women leading. The deeper driving force is that many people are so co-dependent that 23 years on they haven't forgotten the person who made them act responsibly and still long for the day they can return to "childish things". And this is a deeper problem not just confined to Britain, but can be seen around the world. From the Greeks who violently seek to prevent necessary austerity to the American Left who can’t wait to put the country down the same track in the name of entitlement; nations are taking on debt and obligations that they will not be able to sustain.

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When Saint Paul wrote to the church in Corinth he spoke to them about growing up. He told them that when he was a child he acted childishly, but when he grew up and became a man he put away childish things. What we are dealing with today is unwillingness on the part of many to grow up. Maturity recognizes that certain things need to be done in certain ways and at certain times. With all of that it would be fair to say that maturity contains certainty. It does the right thing regardless of what the children are demanding. Protests against Thatcher have stemmed principally from left-wing and working-class strongholds. Many of those involved are too young to remember her, but have been spoon fed hatred and taught that she is the reason for every problem they have today. One such centre of opposition is Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Local thinking sees deprivation as none of the 78 local councilors are Conservative. Yet the reality of this and other areas is that, in the long-term, the city has been transformed from working class, unprofitable doldrums into viability and vibrancy starting in the 1980’s. Travel guides rate Newcastle 3rd in Europe and 7th in the world for its nightlife; but a society that has grown-up believing itself to be disadvantaged lives its life accordingly. Thatcher’s life itself is a lesson to those who now rail against her. Born and raised in a working class environment she was not elevated to places of power by a position of privilege. On the contrary, to advance in the Conservative Party she had to take on entrenched establishment thinking that would sooner see her silenced.

Hard work, courage and determination are the tickets to moving forward successfully in life

Many of those who have taken to the streets following her death are students. They have obviously failed to learn the lessons that she lived; that hard work, courage and determination are the tickets to moving forward successfully in life. On the contrary, these opponents of hers seek the easy path and the wide-open gate, gutless application that yields insignificant gain. Then when the inevitable lack of fruit appears at harvest time (if they can wait for such a thing), they blame those that had the fortitude to do things the right way. These are the people who express hatred for Thatcher. Those who make excuses for themselves, blame others for their own failings, and long for a return to irresponsibility. This world is one where an oversized government guarantees their every need. Unfortunately there is no Neverland!


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David C. Jennings -- Bio and Archives

David Jennings is an ex-pat Brit. living in California.

A Christian Minister he advocates for Traditional & Conservative causes.

David is also an avid fan of Liverpool Football Club and writes for the supporters club in America

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