The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

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  • jay santos
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2008
    • 13652
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    The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

    This blog post was linked in the Penn State thread.

    Omelas State University
    http://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/11/10/omelas-state-university/
    These things should be simple: 1. When, as an adult, you come come across another adult raping a small child, you should a) do everything in your power to rescue that child from the rapist, b) call…


    I had never heard of this short story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" and googled it, found the full text here.

    http://harelbarzilai.org/words/omelas.txt


    I find it very moving. A similar idea as Good Samaritan but more focused example specific to the ignoring of doing the right thing to preserve personal comfort.
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    • UtahDan
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      • Nov 2008
      • 14496
      #2
      Originally posted by jay santos View Post
      This blog post was linked in the Penn State thread.

      Omelas State University
      http://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/11/10/omelas-state-university/
      These things should be simple: 1. When, as an adult, you come come across another adult raping a small child, you should a) do everything in your power to rescue that child from the rapist, b) call…


      I had never heard of this short story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" and googled it, found the full text here.

      http://harelbarzilai.org/words/omelas.txt


      I find it very moving. A similar idea as Good Samaritan but more focused example specific to the ignoring of doing the right thing to preserve personal comfort.
      That is wonderful/terrible/though provoking. Thank you for sharing.

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