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(2,949 posts)Gothmog
(145,496 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)annabanana
(52,791 posts)Stuart G
(38,439 posts)Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)...I really don't think the arrow and label are necessary. Everyone recognizes this hard-shelled reptile by now.
And -- as of Tuesday afternoon -- McTurtle is on his back.
hibbing
(10,109 posts)Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)This one gave me a real jolt. Many years ago I read a short story by Ursula K. Le Guin entitled "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas". Ragingpencils summed up the story in one cartoon.
https://www.enotes.com/topics/ones-who-walk-away-omelas
Omelas is a utopian society situated near a beautiful, shimmering sea. When the story opens, the people of Omelas are celebrating the Summer Festival, an annual event featuring games and horse riding.
Underneath this happy, picturesque city, a child has been locked in a cage and forced to live in its own filth. The child's suffering is meant to teach the people of Omelas how cruel justice can be and how precious happiness can be.
Sooner or later, every citizen of Omelas learns of the caged child's existence and is taught about the meaning of suffering. Horrified, some people walk away from Omelas, never to return.
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Seems to me we are well down that path already.
Hekate
(90,779 posts)Hekate
(90,779 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)The highlight of my day is the 'toons
Peace