Is it true that ballerinas are weighed down and masked to hide their lightness and beauty?
No, people say that just to save viewers from the pain of feeling that they themselves look like " something the cat drug in".
And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear.
Hazel had a perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn't think about anything except in short bursts.
The television program was suddenly interrupted by a news bulletin. It wasn't clear at first as to what the bulletin was about, since the announcer, like all announcers, had a serious speech impediment. For about half a minute, and in a state of high excitement, the announcer tried to say, "Ladies and Gentlemen."He finally gave up, handed the bulletin to a ballerina to read.
"Ladies and Gentlemen," said the ballerina, reading the bulletin. She must have been extraordinarily beautiful because the mask she wore was hideous. And it was easy to see that she was the strongest and most graceful of all the dancers, for her handicap bags were as big as those worn by two-hundred-pound men.
"I shall now select my Empress!". Let the first woman who dares rise to her feet claim her mate and her throne!
In his story "Harrison Bergeron," Kurt Vonnegut makes the point that at the end of the day total equality is really not an ideal worth striving for. This is why to achieve not only physical but mental equality the government in the strory tortures the citizens. Harrison just doesn't think its worth all the trouble.
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