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DireStrike

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6. Hah! Interesting point.

Reply to 1StrongBlackMan (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 15, 2013, 09:10 AM

Oct 2013

Have you (or the OP) ever read The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas? It's a short story that touches on the topic of evil hidden in a society because it affects only a minority. Here: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/dunnweb/rprnts.omelas.pdf

Is it truly "better" to have the evil out in the open where it affects nearly everyone? Is it worse to heap it all onto a certain kind of person? Maybe so. Let me say that evil has always been heaped onto a certain kind of person: the powerless.

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Obamacare "the worst thing since slavery"?... perhaps this IS an apt metaphor. [View all] yoyossarian Oct 2013 OP

You�re kidding, right? Eom. 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2013 #1

Very astute. yoyossarian Oct 2013 #3

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2013 #4

Hah! Interesting point. DireStrike Oct 2013 #6

Your final lines miss the point of my post... yoyossarian Oct 2013 #8

Oh man... That's um... something. penultimate Oct 2013 #2

You have to understand: they mean it's as bad as ENDING slavery. nt bemildred Oct 2013 #5

Here is the context (video) BumRushDaShow Oct 2013 #7

Thank you for providing this! yoyossarian Oct 2013 #9