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Thursday, May 08, 2008
No Such Thing As Society
I’m really pissed off with people (and when I say people I really mean communist twats like er, David Cameron) selectively quoting Lady Thatch (God Bless ‘er)
There’s no such thing as society
They take it to mean that the mean old bag doesn’t believe in looking after the vulnerable. Bastards.
However let’s look at the quote in context:
“I think we’ve been through a period where too many people have been given to understand that if they have a problem, it’s the government’s job to cope with it. ‘I have a problem, I’ll get a grant.’ ‘I’m homeless, the government must house me.’ They’re casting their problem on society. And, you know, there is no such thing as society. There are individual men and women, and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look to themselves first. It’s our duty to look after ourselves and then, also to look after our neighbour. People have got the entitlements too much in mind, without the obligations. There’s no such thing as entitlement, unless someone has first met an obligation.”
What could make more sense than that?