Thursday 29 September 2011

Things that divide us.

It took me seconds to come up with this list of things that divide us:

Liverpool or Everton
Black or white.
Rural or urban
Protestant or Catholic
Religious or atheist
English or Welsh.
Fat or thin.
Men or Women
Private sector or public sector
Tory or Labour.
Tabloid reader or broadsheet reader.
Educated or uneducated
Employed or unemployed.
Christian or Muslim.
Smoker or non-smoker.

I'm sure that there are many more. It is a bit depressing to be honest; I am aware many are just fun and not serious. But many are taken to an extreme point of view and have the potential to destroy.

So what unites us? One thing above all others: Common humanity.

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