Posted by Eugene Volokh:
"We and They":
Something -- I don't know what -- recently reminded me of Rudyard
Kipling's We and They, so I thought I'd post it:
Father and Mother, and Me, Sister and Auntie say All the people
like us are We, And every one else is They. And They live over the
sea, While We live over the way, But -- would you believe it? --
They look upon We As only a sort of They!
We eat pork and beef With cow-horn-handled knives. They who gobble
Their rice off a leaf, Are horrified out of Their lives; While they
who live up a tree, And feast on grubs and clay, (Isn't it
scandalous?) look upon We As a simply disgusting They!
We shoot birds with a gun. They stick lions with spears. Their
full-dress is un-. We dress up to Our ears. They like Their friends
for tea. We like Our friends to stay; And, after all that, They
look upon We As an utterly ignorant They!
We eat kitcheny food. We have doors that latch. They drink milk or
blood, Under an open thatch. We have Doctors to fee. They have
Wizards to pay. And (impudent heathen!) They look upon We As a
quite impossible They!
All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people,
like Us, are We And every one else is They: But if you cross over
the sea, Instead of over the way, You may end by (think of it!)
looking on We As only a sort of They!
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