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Before there was Chuck Norris, before Vin Diesel, before even Bill Brasky...
2006-02-03, 3:48 PM #1
There was Harrison Bergeron.

-Kurt Vonnegut's warning of human equality.
2006-02-03, 4:09 PM #2
I don't get it.
Epstein didn't kill himself.
2006-02-03, 4:25 PM #3
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Well, then, I'm sorry.

-Kurt Vonnegut rocks.
2006-02-03, 4:26 PM #4
I'm not sure what Harrison Bergeron has to do with Chuck Norris, Vin Diesel, or Bill Brasky.
2006-02-03, 4:32 PM #5
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I'm not sure what it doesn't have to do with them.
*can't keep this up forever*
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-Harrison Bergeron once developed a skin rash. The rash developed a mind of its own and went on a four state killing spree before settling down to teach music to blind children.
2006-02-03, 5:05 PM #6
I don't get it.
2006-02-03, 5:11 PM #7
I love that short story.

-Heart to the blind.
D E A T H
2006-02-03, 5:16 PM #8
Harrison Bergeron's resin is used to keep the sun burning.

-Harrison Bergeron once invented the sword-into-plowshare machine, but got drunk and used it for firewood.
2006-02-03, 5:19 PM #9
Harrison Bergeron could roundhouse kick just as well as Chuck Norris becuase of handicapping laws.
2006-02-03, 5:23 PM #10
Harrison Bergeron is circumcised.
His foreskin keeps Wisconsin dry in the rain.

-Sean Astin didn't play Harrison Bergeron in the movie, Harrison Bergeron "played" Sean Astin.
2006-02-03, 5:26 PM #11
i'm not reading that!

Books are for losers!
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2006-02-03, 5:38 PM #12
Originally posted by bearded_jarl:
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-Kurt Vonnegut rocks.


Case rested.
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2006-02-03, 5:53 PM #13
I understand it, I have just never understood people griping about 'how impossible human equality is' when human equality, unlike when the second word of the phrase is used individually, does not mean everyone is the same across the board.

But then again I don't know what it means. Maybe I am not deep enough.

I do, however, really like that story.
Epstein didn't kill himself.
2006-02-03, 7:27 PM #14
It is a good story. I have read all of his novels, and I have enjoyed reading all of them. Not the best written (in terms of complication), but probably the style of writing that I enjoy the most (he keeps things simple).

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