"Harrison Bergeron". Maybe "equality" isn't so equal.

The ideas of equality and freedom in "Harrison Bergeron" are simply that, ideas, and not very good ones either. Sure, they had good intentions, but Hitler believed he was doing "the right thing" too. In a world where everyone is "equal", we would all have to be at the lowest level of everything so as not to be better than someone else at something. Those with above-average abilities, that could help everyone by supplying new ideas and talents, would have to suppress their gifts. They would actually have it worse off than the average people, just as the best ballerina in the story had to carry around more weights and wear an extra hideous mask. (Which was ironic, considering you could tell she was "special" because of the amount of weights and the ugliness of the mask she was wearing. I guess no one would even be able process a thought long enough to retain that for more than 20 seconds though.) And was everyone really "equal" in that society anyway? What about the government officials and the people who had to enforce those preposterous laws? Surely they were allowed to keep their own minds? No one was even free! The government controlled when they thought and practically what they thought! Their ideas of freedom and equality don't represent actual freedom and equality very well. 

I would definitely not like to live in this kind of society. I would hate it in fact. Yes, everyone is technically "equal", but no one can even think! They have no mind of their own! Being different is what makes us special, unique. I, for one, enjoy the freedom that I have now. Some people are good dancers, others great public speakers, some excellent musicians. We all have our own talents and the world would be pretty boring without them. Where would all the good books and movies come from if no one were allowed to write well? Someone will always be better than you at something and you will always be better than someone else at something. We need a balance to life.  Plus, packing large weights around and hearing extremely annoying noises right in your head every 20 seconds is not my cup of tea.