Well worth a read.Sort of the opposite of Flowers for Algernon. It's set in an oppressive future where everything has to be average and all excellence is stomped down - strong people wear weights to make them as weak as everyone else, intelligent people have headphones with noises to stop them thinking etc.
Harrison Bergeron breaks free of this and is killed for it. Another sad story, particularly his parents' reaction.
EDIT: Here you go...
instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html
(Harrison Bergeron breaks free of this and is killed for it. Another sad story, particularly his parents' reaction.
EDIT: Here you go...
instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html
Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango,
Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:45,
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Oooooh excellent.
Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous,
Mon 28 Jan 2008, 12:51,
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