Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

"You've been crying?" he said to Hazel. "Yup" she said. "What about" he said "I forget" she said. "Something real sad on television" I first read this story thirty years ago and it scared the hell out of me then, and it still scares the hell out of me now. The commentary on life under an all controlling goverment is just as pertinant today as it was when "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was written in 1961. The most telling commentary for me was the quote I have given in that it is true how quickly we as a people forget the tragedies of everyday life when we sit in front of a television that tells us what to think and when.