The Ones Who Advocated for a Casus Belli Intervention in Omelas, and Nineteen More

Dan Hon
2 min readJun 21, 2022

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With apologies and the utmost, sincere respect to Ursula K. Le Guin.

  1. The Ones Who Advocated for a Casus Belli Intervention in Omelas
  2. The Ones Who Collected The Intelligence Supporting a Casus Belli Intervention in Omelas
  3. The Ones Who Analysed The Omelas Intelligence, leading to a Recommendation of Casus Belli Intervention
  4. The Ones Who Worked At NGOs, Tirelessly Collecting Open Source Intelligence Regarding the Human Rights Situation in Omelas
  5. The Ones Who Recorded a Celebrity Single Raising Awareness and Funds for the Concerning Situation in Omelas
  6. The Ones Who Prepared the PowerPoint Presentation delivered at the U.N. Special Assembly with the Goal of Building a Coalition to Intervene in Omelas
  7. The Ones Who Developed the Drone Technology required to target The Surgical Strike in Omelas
  8. The Ones Who Produced, Directed, Edited, Scripted and Otherwise Worked On the Primetime and Streaming Content to Develop Public Opinion Supporting Casus Belli Intervention in Omelas
  9. The Ones Who Woke The Commander In Chief At 2:48am in the Morning and Presented the Go/No-Go Option for Intervention in Omelas
  10. The Ones Who Congratulate Themselves for Liberating Omelas from its Abhorrent Human Rights Abuses
  11. The Ones Who Benefit from Normalizing Trade Relations with Omelas
  12. The Ones Who Negotiated the Technology Transfer Agreements with Omelas
  13. The Ones Who Pitched the Premium Streaming Series Dramatizing The Events Leading to the Liberation of Omelas and Secured a Nine Figure Deal to Ensure Omelas’ Position in Popular Culture and History, Because Never Again
  14. The Ones Who Consulted with The Former Government of Omelas to Rehabilitate their Image with the Rest of the World
  15. The Ones Who Cast the Child from Omelas, the Star of the Nine Figure Premium Streaming Series Dramatizing the Events Leading to the Liberation of Omelas
  16. The Ones Who Were The Members of the Academy and Recognized The Events Leading to the Liberation of Omelas as an Outstanding Cultural Work
  17. The Ones Responsible for Advocating for The Inclusion of The Events Leading to the Liberation of Omelas at the U.S. Library of Congress in The National Film Registry as Culturally, Historically and Aesthetically Significant
  18. The Ones Who Were Staff Working at the Publisher and Media Conglomerate involved in The Acquisition, Production and Distribution of My Omelas Story, An Autobiography by a Former Member of The Government of Omelas
  19. The Ones Who Founded Omelas Day, The Pulitzer and Nobel Peace Prize-winning Resources for Educating Children about The History of Omelas and The Omelas Intervention
  20. The Ones Who Wear a Pin of The Silhouette of the Omelas Child as an act of Remembrance

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