IcooIey

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vicgrinberg, 1 day ago to random

I love Ursula LeGuin to bits (in three languages) - the shelf is (part of the) proof. But I never got the excitement about "The Ones Who Walks Away from Omelas".

I know what the story, the metaphor tries to say. But all that I see is how this is a story about walking away. Not stay and change: be the change, start the change, convince the others that things need to be better. But a story about keeping one's conscience clean and walking away. And the injustice left behind continues.

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IcooIey, 1 day ago

@vicgrinberg I’ve always liked that story because there are so many narratives about staying and fighting for change. Which is good and important. But sometimes one can’t. It’s good to think about what walking away means.

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IcooIey, 3 days ago to random

Yesterday evening our scout troops placed flags on veterans’ graves, a service we do every year. I spoke before we started about how do this to remember the sacrifices of those lost to war, show families and descendants their loved one isn’t forgotten.
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