tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post1447551268320937100..comments2024-01-31T20:45:40.520+00:00Comments on Slow Lane Shuffle: Death in the family...Rachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-71211185577199242282023-05-09T19:21:03.483+01:002023-05-09T19:21:03.483+01:00Greatt post thanksGreatt post thanksVegan Recipeshttps://www.culinaryvegans.com/vegan/vegan_pumpkin_pie_4606893007.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-31794101689796631372013-04-27T08:58:44.735+01:002013-04-27T08:58:44.735+01:00I never said anything about being dignified about ...I never said anything about being dignified about the funeral/death (though I know some did). I wasn't on the 'stay dignified' team at all. This is more to do with the history of women and witchiness... and also the fact that there are a lot of serious issues surrounding her 'reign' and I think that that particular song is too fun, too light-hearted, just wrong really. It's easy for people 'on the left' to look naive/silly and, for me, this song business was handing the opposition easy pickings. Yeh, that's right, a song from a kids' film... that's all we can manage. (OK, a great kids' film...).<br /><br />I don't agree with you either that kids will only be learning good things about Mrs T in the future. Obviously I can't speak for NZ but here in the British Isles things like the Miners' Strike, the Wapping business, the Falklands have not been simplified in many parts of society (in fact most, I would say) and I don't see that changing (and here in Scotland... come 'freedom'... quite the opposite). Mind you, it always depends what papers you read, what news you watch or listen to. I make a point of keeping away from Murdoch matter and other friends of Margaret. It can still be done! Just... <br /><br />She can be remembered for what she was - a ruthless right-wing leader, a champion for selfishness and, unfortunately perhaps, proof that women can be just as single-minded as men (but that that still doesn't make them witches).Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-50434853863708074982013-04-26T23:56:23.074+01:002013-04-26T23:56:23.074+01:00There were some comments in the Guardian about the...There were some comments in the Guardian about the witch song - from feminists justifying its use. <br /><br />I do think the protest song was important - when so much actual on the street protesting was not being filmed or photographed by media (Particularly the protesting durning ht actual funeral charade, sorry, parade), so the protest song - whatever you think of it - was the only publicly documented protest recorded for the history books. In a couple of generations, there'll be kids learning what a great leader Thatcher was (see, leader, PM, Thatcher - not a gender marker in sight) - and there needs to be a record that this was not the case.<br /><br />I like your poem. "So let us end you honestly" is the stand out line, for me. <br /><br />I did write a Thatcher poem, long time ago, but it got another airing. <br /><br />There are times to be quietly "dignified" (how I detest that word), but Thatcher's funeral wasn't one of them.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-50867583867998065792013-04-18T14:00:26.894+01:002013-04-18T14:00:26.894+01:00At least there was no 'protestor beaten to dea...At least there was no 'protestor beaten to death' story or anything yesterday (related to this funeral anyway). I didn't watch any of it on TV (why would you?) but I did catch some of press coverage and found the focus on the Thatch grand-daughter beyond tiresome ('the new Pippa' etc.). That and coverage of what Samantha Cameron was wearing, ffs. And from papers that should know better too really (but often don't). Heavy sigh.<br /><br />Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-53410206653292173752013-04-17T19:17:40.783+01:002013-04-17T19:17:40.783+01:00Boy do I agree about the excess - ugh.
I love th...Boy do I agree about the excess - ugh. <br /><br />I love the poem - especially the part about keeping still. Because if they really ARE an arse aren't you always afraid that they're not really dead?The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246801426821066145.post-71388172402434468812013-04-17T18:44:17.538+01:002013-04-17T18:44:17.538+01:00I've also been to funerals where I wondered if...I've also been to funerals where I wondered if I'd wandered into the wrong place. Odd how death raises some not very nice people to sainthood level.<br /><br />Your poem put into words what I've thought more than once. Thanks for that.<br /><br />And I agree, in this day and age of so many people in need, I feel like if someone wants a grand funeral, they should have planned it out and paid for it ahead of time. ;)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.com