#ethicsinoz — Public Fediverse posts
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Ozma: "I myself will be the judge and the kitten shall have a fair trial."
Dorothy: "What will happen if she is guilty."
Ozma: "She must die."
(p. 235). Interesting that early on Oz has a death penalty.
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The Wizard: "Perhaps the flames will set fire to all that miserable wooden country, and if it does the loss will be very small and the Gargoyles never will be missed." (p. 161)
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Ozma to Princess Langwidere: "I am the Ruler of the Land of Oz, and I am powerful enough to destroy all your kingdom, if I so wish. Yet I did not come here to do harm, but rather to free the royal family of Ev from the thrall of the Noma [sic] king, the news having reached me that he is holding the Queen and her children prisoners."
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Tip: You're just a Thing with a Gump's head on it. And we have made you and brought you to life so that you may carry us through the air wherever we wish to go.
Gump: Very good. As I am not a Gump, I cannot have a Gump's pride or independent spirit. So I may as well become your servant as anything else. My only satisfaction is that I do not seem to have a very strong constitution, and am not likely to live long in a state of slavery.
pp. 201-202
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"'Am I Gump, or am I a juggernaut?'" (p. 201)
Mombi's life powder can reanimate the dead with memories intact, even if it's a taxidermied head. This poor Gump is going to need therapy.
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"'[B]ut you have little cause to worry, for the Winged Monkeys are now the slaves of Glinda the Good, who owns the Golden Cap that commands their services.'" (p. 117)
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Glinda's interest in helping Dorothy is tied directly to her desire to try out the Golden Cap that enslaves the Winged Monkey people. #ozathon24 #EthicsInOz #reading #WizardOfOz
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Glinda rules over a village of sentient, animated porcelain people and creatures. The fact that animals and objects can be sentient and even have their own cultures / communities, is one of the big flag reasons why using magical items is taboo and illegal in Oz. Yet everyone who can get away with it does it.