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Episode 163: Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas")

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Is It a Cowardly Act to Walk Away or Free the Child?

There's nothing that forceful in there aside from the initial shock and reaction of the kids when they see them. There's just this quiet walking away which is like fine if you don't want to be involved in this system but the system itself. It almost seems like it's not a genuine alternative or maybe you know and one reason that could be is it's just too much responsibility to destroy an entire city's happiness.

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