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		<title>Pratchett, Terry -- Discworld No. 21, Jingo (1997)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone&#8217;s fault. If it was Us, what did that make Me? After all, I&#8217;m one of Us. I must be. I&#8217;ve certainly never thought of myself as one [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone&#8217;s fault. If it was Us, what did that make Me? After all, I&#8217;m one of Us. I must be. I&#8217;ve certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. <em>No one</em> ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We&#8217;re always one of Us. It&#8217;s Them that do the bad things.</p>
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<br><b>Terry Pratchett</b> (1948-2015) English author<br>Discworld No. 21, <i>Jingo</i> (1997) 
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