e-smith@utah-cs.ARPA (10/16/85)
From: e-smith@utah-cs.arpa (Eric L. Smith) I believe the story about forced equality was "Harrison Bergeron" (sp?) by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (sp?), in which the protagonist (after whom the story is named) is forced to wear heavy weights to compensate for his strength and good looks, and wear headphones which receive a government broadcast of loud noises to distract him in order to compensate for his intelligence. Also in the story, people with speech impediments were T.V. announcers, etc. All of these handicaps were, of course, administered by the "Handicapper General". I think the story was in the collection, "Welcome to the Monkey House".