Episode 163: Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas")
Very Bad Wizards
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The Ones Who Walk Away From Omalas
Pizarro: I was impressed, kind of blown away by it. It's got all sorts of connections to utilitarianism, but not in kind of obvious or reductive ways. Omar is a compressive. Charlie's pissed. He's from a culture of honor. Like the pigeon was actually pretty happy with our encounter, but Charlie killed him. No, I thought it just died of AIDS. My AIDS can't go to the pigeon.
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