You Know I Don't Want This to Be an Allegory

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"I don't want this to be really an allegory yeah I agree it's reductive to make it an allegory," he says. "It can be a parable for so many different things like the problem of evil in general and you say you could take this certainly in a religious way" He adds: "The ability to walk away from it hinges on the specific person who's suffering that allows you to walk away"

David and Tamler are pulled into Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." Omelas is a truly happy city, except for one child who lives in abominable misery. Is that too high a moral cost? Why do some people walk away from the city? Why does no one help the child? Why does Le Guin make us create the city with her? Plus, we talk about our listener meetup in Vancouver, and a new edition of [dramatic music] GUILTY CONFESSIONS. Note: if this episode strikes you as too puritanical, then please add an orgy.

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