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To: MtnClimber

“or prohibit the healthy man from taking up his racquet”

Some famous sci fi short story depicted a culture where the more able bodied wore physically limiting attire to assure equality of ability. Anyone recall?


4 posted on 05/29/2017 12:02:34 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: ctdonath2
Some famous sci fi short story depicted a culture where the more able bodied wore physically limiting attire to assure equality of ability. Anyone recall?

Yes, by now, literally everyone on FR recalls K. Vonnegut Jr.'s "Harrison Bergeron."

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7 posted on 05/29/2017 12:31:45 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: ctdonath2

It was Vonnegut - Harris Bergeron, IIRC.


9 posted on 05/29/2017 12:41:54 PM PDT by ichabod1 (I call Obama "osama" because he damaged us far more than Osama bin Ladin ever did.)
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To: ctdonath2

“Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut


10 posted on 05/29/2017 12:44:41 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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