Margaret Thatcher died on Monday. I'm sure we've all heard about it by now. Although she was British, she is an example of the American Dream.
Her father was a grocer, the family lived above the store. She worked hard, got an education at a time when that was not an easy thing to do for a girl/woman. She married, had children and went into politics. She became the first woman to lead her party and the first woman prime minister of England.
You may not have agreed with her politics or methods, but you can see that she made changes and improved the lives of her fellow citizens.
I'm disgusted by some of the reports I have seen - people celebrating her death. People who are too young to remember life before the "Iron Lady" (I like that name, might take it for myself).
Have they no decency? Don't they have any compassion for her family? I guess they feel it would be hypocritical to keep their feelings to themselves. There will be a time to discuss the pros and cons of her leadership, but now is not the time.
How would they feel if someone celebrated the death of a member of their family?
We need to return to a time when there was respect. Remember that saying, "Don't speak ill of the dead".
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