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I began this blog in January, 2013, largely on a whim. I can still remember coming up with the idea as I waited in the rain for a bus in Wimbledon, London (the bus, as is London tradition, was absurdly late.). Since then, ‘Defend the Modern World’ has been visited over half a million times, chiefly by Brits and Americans, but also by thousands of Australians, Africans, Asians and Middle Easterners, too. I am immensely proud of the work that I have done. I hope that it has done some good.
Last week, I received an offer of a teaching position in Europe. When I taught English in northern Spain last year, mainly to small groups of infants, I managed to carry on the blog simultaneously. However, I have come to the conclusion that it will be difficult for me to do the same this time around.
In light of this, and with regret, I am suspending DTMW from this week forward.
The blog will remain online – I have no intentions of deleting it – and I have scheduled a selection of the old posts I am most proud of to be published over the next few Mondays.
To those who have been loyal readers of this blog, I want to say a heartfelt and sincere thank you. Though the quality of my writing has been greatly uneven, you have always been too kind to point out my failings. I do appreciate that.
It is possible I may pick up the blog again sometime in the future, but this is uncertain. I will try to post on occasion – when the news compels me to say something; say, after a terror attack in the UK or US – but the weekly format is just not something I can keep up.
It would, of course, be impossible to adequately sum up the work of three years in a few paragraphs, so I’ll just say this; my sole motivation in writing DTMW has been an uncomplicated loyalty to Western civilisation. It is, to me, the only culture on Earth worth a penny. Nothing else has inspired me. I have not hated anything. I have sought to help protect something I love.
The contest with Islam is not going away any time soon. I do, however, have faith that we will triumph in the end. Even the most fanatical Muslim knows in his heart that the modern world is superior to the mud-huts and mutilations of the Dar-al-Salaam. We need only be loud and proud about this and eventually even the most stubborn will come around.
I wish you all the greatest possible happiness. Thank you once again for your generosity and encouragement.
David (Defend the Modern World)
Defend the Modern World 
You will be missed, but I wish you well on your new ventures.
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Thank you, insanitybytes22. Hope you’ve enjoyed my work.
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And thank you David for your consistently interesting and rewarding posts. All the best for the future.
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Thank you, Daveyp. I’m glad you enjoyed my writing. Thank you for reading my posts.
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Going to miss the unique viewpoint you have brought to the conversation. Good wishes for your travels!!
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Thank you for the good wishes, Mark.
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Thank you for your articles, most of them very interesting and inspiring (in my opinion). It is not often that we can read opinions so well expressed and clear. We will miss you, and hope you´ll be back soon, if possible. Good luck in your work,and God be with you!
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Thank you for your kind message, Fernando. I appreciate it. Thank you for reading my work.
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Massive thank you to somebody who has altered my thought processes and me feel like I was not alone in the thought that my country was slowly bending to the crescent moon. All the best in your new venture and I wish you happiness David.
My warmest regards and thank you again I hope it’s only farewell.
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Thank you, Geoff. I’m glad my writing had a positive impact. Thank you for reading my work.
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Best of luck. You produced many memorable blogs.
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Thank you, Andrew.
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Thank you for your great words
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Thank you. I’m glad you enjoyed my work.
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I liked your blogs precisely because they weren’t a daily occurrence, there’s too much to keep up with otherwise.
I enjoy your writing style and glad you had an epiphany at the bus stop!
Good luck with your new job.
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Thank you, Simone. I’m glad you liked my writing style. Thank you for reading my work. I really appreciate it.
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Dear David. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for the brilliant, intelligent and insightful posts that you have delivered over the past years. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the common sense that you write and have found you to be a writer that expresses, almost poetically, the fears and hopes of those of us who value western civilisation as highly as you yourself does.
I sincerely hope that your teaching career is as successful as your blog and, from someone in the profession who knows how demanding the role is, totally understand your reasons for this break. I also sincerely hope that you do come back from time to time to give us some choice words of wisdom and wit as my Monday mornings won’t be quite the same again, otherwise! All the very best for a long and successful future!
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Thank you, Art. It’s possible I’ll start posting again after my tenure in Spain, but it’s all very uncertain at this point. I’m pleased you have enjoyed my writing.
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Best of luck David!
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Thank you, James.
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Thank you for sharing your views on the matters facing our wodern world. Best wishes for success in the future. If it is be – look forward to finding a post from your blog awaiting in my email box.
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Thank you, Martel’s son. I appreciate it. Thank you for following my blog.
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Best wishes to you and thank you for defending the modern world!! It was a pleasure reading your posts!
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Thank you, RGB. Very nice of you to say. Thank you for reading my blog.
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Sad to see you go. Definitely enjoyed your commentary, even when I (rarely) disagreed. Best luck in your new gig.
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Thank you, Astute Observer. I’m glad you enjoyed my commentary.
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Far be it from me (he said) to try and dissuade you from this path, as I fully understand that you have to earn a living. But what you have created in this blog is truly important and needs to be read by every European. I hope you will find a way to teach AND write the blog, or to “monetize” DTMW, as they say, to free you from the necessity to “earn a living”. I think you underestimate the effect your writing has on your readers.
All that being said, I wish you the best of everything in the future, wherever it may lead you.
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Thank you, Ned. I have thought about monetizing my blog, but I don’t think I’d be comfortable asking for money. I may start the blog up again sometime in the future. If you subscribe to it, any news will go straight to your email.
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