http://socyberty.com/society/bullshit-society-and-the-future/ Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:29:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://socyberty.com/society/bullshit-society-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-20517 JC Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:05:11 +0000 http://socyberty.com/society/bullshit-society-and-the-future/#comment-20517 I just wanted to comment that Le Guin uses Taoist themes in many of her stories. The idea is that the world is in a delicate balance. For light, there is darkness. The neglected child in Omelas creates the balance of the utopian society. The point of the story is that if the citizens of Omelas wish to continue living in bliss, they must see and acknowledge the suffering of the child. After you're done reading it, you're supposed to ask yourself if there's a child somewhere crying for your happiness and if you can keep on living with that knowledge. If you can't, you're like the ones who walk away from Omelas. I just wanted to comment that Le Guin uses Taoist themes in many of her stories. The idea is that the world is in a delicate balance. For light, there is darkness. The neglected child in Omelas creates the balance of the utopian society. The point of the story is that if the citizens of Omelas wish to continue living in bliss, they must see and acknowledge the suffering of the child. After you’re done reading it, you’re supposed to ask yourself if there’s a child somewhere crying for your happiness and if you can keep on living with that knowledge. If you can’t, you’re like the ones who walk away from Omelas.

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