The ones who walk away from Omelas aren't unable to accept that one must suffer greatly for others to be happy -- they're miffed that the nanny state government of Omelas doesn't capitalize on the concept further by getting a thousand suffering children. Imagine how much more utopia that'd create!
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Apparently I misread
Date: 2011-04-19 02:52 am (UTC)