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21 Aug 2008, 3:45 am

It seems so many conflicts arise from the need to separate groups into us, and them, based on any concieveable differences. With so many ways to group and divide, it seems that to end it all is to eliminate the concept of them



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21 Aug 2008, 4:18 am

THEY're slippery though. Hard to grab.



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21 Aug 2008, 2:08 pm

Perhaps the 3rd person should be removed from all grammatical systems?



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21 Aug 2008, 2:14 pm

Us, and them
And after all were only ordinary men.
Me, and you.
God only knows its noz 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.
But in the end its only round and round.
Havent you heard its a battle of words
The poster bearer cried.
Listen son, said the man with the gun
Theres room for you inside.

I mean, theyre not gunna kill ya, so if you give em a quick short,
Sharp, shock, they wont do it again. dig it? I mean he get off
Lightly, cos I wouldve given him a thrashing - I only hit him once!
It was only a difference of opinion, but really...i mean good manners
Dont cost nothing do they, eh?

Down and out
It cant be helped but theres a lot of it about.
With, without.
And wholl deny its what the fightings all about?
Out of the way, its a busy day
Ive got things on my mind.
For the want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died.



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21 Aug 2008, 2:15 pm

Good grief! Let's spam lyrically!



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22 Aug 2008, 2:12 am

Horror. Horror has a face, and you must make a friend of horror. Horror and moral terror are your friends. If THEY are not, then THEY are enemies to be feared. THEY are truly enemies.



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22 Aug 2008, 2:31 am

The difference
Can commence
On any minor point.
He or she or you or me
With smoke blown from a joint.

But natch, it takes but just a patch
Of minor variation
To make a wound or just a scratch
And atomize a nation.

We all attempt to live, survive
Where ever life can strive
In space or even atmosphere
Underground, down there, or up here
It really doesn't matter.
As long as webspace percolates
With snappy whacky chatter.



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22 Aug 2008, 6:08 pm

I separate groups into me and them.



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22 Aug 2008, 8:55 pm

Jew and Gentile, Roman and Barbarian, Christian and Pagan, Muslim and Infidel, Aspie and NT, black and white, male and female, straight and gay.

Screw it. People are people are people.


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22 Aug 2008, 9:05 pm

claire333 wrote:
I separate groups into me and them.

I do that too actually, it was before that I really wanted to belong to a group to identify with, but now, I don't know where, it seems that it ends into, I am me and just me, as weird and strange I might be, I might identify with just me.


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22 Aug 2008, 9:27 pm

iamnotaparakeet wrote:
Good grief! Let's spam lyrically!


the song is entitled us and them and it's actually on the topic of the OP. quit whining.



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26 Aug 2008, 1:05 am

us and them
me and you
i live on a mountain


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26 Aug 2008, 5:18 pm

skafather84 wrote:
Us, and them
And after all were only ordinary men.
Me, and you.
God only knows its noz 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.
But in the end its only round and round.
Havent you heard its a battle of words
The poster bearer cried.
Listen son, said the man with the gun
Theres room for you inside.

I mean, theyre not gunna kill ya, so if you give em a quick short,
Sharp, shock, they wont do it again. dig it? I mean he get off
Lightly, cos I wouldve given him a thrashing - I only hit him once!
It was only a difference of opinion, but really...i mean good manners
Dont cost nothing do they, eh?

Down and out
It cant be helped but theres a lot of it about.
With, without.
And wholl deny its what the fightings all about?
Out of the way, its a busy day
Ive got things on my mind.
For the want of the price of tea and a slice
The old man died.




Skafather84, is that Pink Floyd?



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26 Aug 2008, 5:52 pm

yes it is.