<p>I recently attended a seminar on the short story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”, and we had to indicate whether we would stay in Omelas or leave Omelas. </p>
<p>If you don’t know the story, feel free to read it here: <a href=“http://harelbarzilai.org/words/omelas.txt[/url]”>http://harelbarzilai.org/words/omelas.txt</a>. </p>
<p>The basis of the story is that there is a perfect town named Omelas where the only emotion is happiness, and life is wonderfully abundant. In order for happiness to remain in Omelas, however, there is a young child locked up in a closet, blind and deaf, with little food to eat. The child is not allowed to leave, and everyone in Omelas knows that the child is there, but they either choose to ignore it or acknowledge that it has to be there in order for Omelas to maintain perfection. Every so often, someone that visits the child (many people in Omelas come to see the child on a regular basis) and begins walking. These few continue to the walk, although they don’t know where they are going, and they eventually walk out of Omelas.</p>
<p>So, would you stay or leave?</p>