5968 Members
55 Forums
12959 Topics
232321 Posts
Max Online: 282 @ 05/29/08 01:08 AM
|
|
|
|
#204764 - 12/19/11 12:04 PM
Re: How Ayn Rand Seduced Generations of Young Men
[Re: Ted Remington]
|
veteran
Registered: 11/24/06
Posts: 11848
Loc: Florida
|
Churlpat, Sandy doesn't read what others say here.
She has a mind like a steel trap: Fool with it and it slams shut.
_________________________
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken."— Oscar Wilde
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
#204769 - 12/19/11 01:33 PM
Re: How Ayn Rand Seduced Generations of Young Men
[Re: itstarted]
|
Moderator
veteran
Registered: 09/09/11
Posts: 10517
|
David C., you strike the nail upon the flat end. It is a balance we always strive to achieve. The reason that Rand chose to set Atlas Shrugged in an alternative universe is because the real world doesn't work like that.
_________________________
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
#204770 - 12/19/11 01:49 PM
Re: How Ayn Rand Seduced Generations of Young Men
[Re: itstarted]
|
old hand
Registered: 09/17/01
Posts: 6688
Loc: Philly 'burbs
|
As I've stated here before, I prefer Tom Joad to John Galt as a "fictional hero." At least Mr. Joad's "experience" had some basis in reality.
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
#204782 - 12/19/11 03:23 PM
Re: How Ayn Rand Seduced Generations of Young Men
[Re: itstarted]
|
veteran
Registered: 08/03/04
Posts: 9819
Loc: Downey, California
|
Sandy, as much as I once admired you, your constant non-responsiveness to any questions and your continual screeds force me to regard you as something akin to the Moonies who sell candles on the corner, yelling that if Americans would just unify behind Reverend Moon all would be well.
(MOONIES: Followers of Reverend Sun Myung Moon)
_________________________
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
--Leonard Cohen
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
#204790 - 12/19/11 04:12 PM
Re: How Ayn Rand Seduced Generations of Young Men
[Re: Sandune]
|
old hand
Registered: 04/25/10
Posts: 4970
Loc: New Mexico (not old Mexico)
|
...
Reader Rant cannot tell the difference between ideal and elite... I asked you this before, who is Reader Rant? You all would have found Rourke guilty...
Who is Rourke? I read some Rand but I don't remember anybody named Rourke.  
_________________________
"If you would make a person happy, add not to their possessions but take from their desires"
Unknown
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
#204792 - 12/19/11 04:18 PM
Re: How Ayn Rand Seduced Generations of Young Men
[Re: itstarted]
|
Moderator
veteran
Registered: 09/09/11
Posts: 10517
|
I'm with you, there, David… at least those stories were interesting. When I get back to my computer, I am willing to provide a lengthy critique of Rand's "objectivism" with citations but I'm not there now, and it would only be interesting if someone else wants to play along.
_________________________
A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.
Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
|
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 registered (Golem),
10
Guests and
1
Spider online. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
Previous Topic
Index