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As humans we tend to divide people into groups of "US and THEM" camps, many times relying on our prejudgments, yep prejudices, about right behavior.  Pink Floyd wrote a song that details the harm in this type of thinking:  we lose sight of our shared humanity.  In ignoring the humanity of others we give ourselves permission to be inhumane.  Harsh word, but true. 

"Us And Them"

Us and them

And after all we're only ordinary men


Me and you

God only knows it's not what we would choose to do


"Forward!" he cried

From the rear

And the front rank died

And the general sat

And the lines on the map

Moved from side to side


Black and blue

And who knows which is which and who is who?


Up and down

And in the end it's only round and round and round


"Haven't you heard

It's a battle of words?"

The poster bearer cried.

"Listen, son,"

Said the man with the gun,

"There's room for you inside."


"Well, I mean, they're gonna kill ya, so like, if you give 'em a quick sh...short, sharp shock, they don't do it again.

Dig it? I mean he got off light, 'cause I could've given him a thrashin' but I only hit him once.

It's only the difference between right and wrong, innit? I mean good manners don't cost nothing, do they? Eh?"


Down and out

It can't be helped but there's a lot of it about


With, without

And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?


Out of the way

It's a busy day

I've got things on my mind

For want of the price

Of tea and a slice

The old man died