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Wetzelbill
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:15 PM Original message |
So does reading Ayn Rand automatically turn you into a dick? |
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BlueEyedSon
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. I read The Fountainhead, I'd like to think im not more dickish for it. |
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Radio_Lady
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Tue Mar-07-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
62. Turned my stepson into a "dickhead" for couple of decades -- |
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enlightenment
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. If you're reading for message you might be in danger |
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Wetzelbill
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. now that sounds like a plan |
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NYC
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Who is John Galt? |
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Radio_Lady
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Tue Mar-07-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
63. Her philosophy was objectivism. I've always thought at best -- |
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RagingInMiami
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. You might as well be shopping at Wal-Mart |
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Wetzelbill
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. don't worry, I doubt I'll ever get around to her |
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RagingInMiami
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. All joking aside, a person should read as much as they can |
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Wetzelbill
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. oh no doubt |
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Tempest
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. Only if you start to believe the crap she writes |
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havocmom
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. BINGO! |
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benburch
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Doesn't "take" with some people. |
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Drum
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. No, it doesn't. |
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npincus
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:19 PM Original message |
what did you think of "'Dutch"? |
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Wetzelbill
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. I liked that he did that |
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gkhouston
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Tue Mar-07-06 01:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
53. hmm, but wouldn't it be appropriate |
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XemaSab
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. According to the back of "America the Book" it does |
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Wetzelbill
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I know! |
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porphyrian
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
11. Here, I'll save you the time: |
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Turbineguy
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
13. I believe I've read everything she wrote |
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The Magistrate
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. Just Reading It Does Not, Sir |
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TahitiNut
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:24 AM Response to Reply #14 |
44. ... and an indication of a weakness in critical reasoning skills. |
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Warpy
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
15. No, it dissolved me into gales of silly giggles |
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sarge43
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. GMTA, Warpy |
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Generic Brad
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. It Does Not |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. No. Just a reader of poorly written pseudo-philosophy. |
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Wetzelbill
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. could've done without that image |
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Swamp Rat
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. LOL! |
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KyuzoGator
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
19. I read "Atlas Shrugged" last year and was overwhelmed with boredom. |
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Plaid Adder
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. No, it just brings out the dickiness already within the reader. |
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mike_c
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. lots of people go thru an Ayn Rand "stage...." |
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BeTheChange
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. Ill say it.. I like Ayn Rand |
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cali
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Sun Mar-05-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. "When other women were consulting Betty Crocker? |
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BeTheChange
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Sun Mar-05-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. There were also alot that were not |
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cali
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Sun Mar-05-06 05:20 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. WHAAT??? |
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Deja Q
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Sun Mar-05-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Some people ARE better than others. |
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Kurovski
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Mon Mar-06-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
47. Reading Ayn Rand, of course! |
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mitchum
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Sun Mar-05-06 05:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
39. Oh, really? So Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy were consulting... |
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w8liftinglady
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
45. OK..I guess I'm the only duer who liked "atlas shrugged" |
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Lexingtonian
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
26. More or less |
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TreasonousBastard
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. She's not a good enough writer to... |
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LizMoonstar
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Sun Mar-05-06 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
29. Jon and I are reading her - he's writing an anti-Atlas Shrugged novel. |
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Wetzelbill
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
42. I think Dutch cowers next to the rest of my books |
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Swamp Rat
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Sun Mar-05-06 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. I read "Anthem" and "Atlas Shrugged" when I was 11, |
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hfojvt
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Tue Mar-07-06 02:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
65. You went to college in Oesterreich? |
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Terran1212
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Sun Mar-05-06 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. I know someone who has very much proved your question to be answered... |
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Montauk6
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Sun Mar-05-06 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
38. Reading doesn't, but the consequences of your impressionability might. |
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NashVegas
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Sun Mar-05-06 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. No. If You're Curious, Read It and Take What You Can |
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Neil Lisst
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Sun Mar-05-06 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. only if you LIKE it!! |
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radio4progressives
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Mon Mar-06-06 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
43. it's a cult... |
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Kurovski
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Mon Mar-06-06 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
46. Hey Bill! Here is a somewhat instructive observation on Ayn: |
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Wetzelbill
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Tue Mar-07-06 10:13 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Honey-Pie? |
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Kurovski
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Tue Mar-07-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #48 |
60. Your response reminds me of another classic: |
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Wetzelbill
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Tue Mar-07-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. I am floored that you didn't! |
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More Than A Feeling
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Tue Mar-07-06 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
49. delete |
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Wetzelbill
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Tue Mar-07-06 12:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. uh, yes it does? |
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ProfessorGAC
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Tue Mar-07-06 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
50. No, But Liking It Is A Clue That One Always Was! |
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Neil Lisst
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Tue Mar-07-06 10:59 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. well said |
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JHB
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Tue Mar-07-06 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
54. No, you have to be a dick before you read it (though you may be closeted) |
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Squeech
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Tue Mar-07-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
55. No, I think this is how it works |
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triguy46
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Tue Mar-07-06 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
56. Nah, you should get a ribbon for being able to wade through... |
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Cleita
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Tue Mar-07-06 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
57. No but I think it will destroy brains cells if you buy into |
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ComerPerro
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Tue Mar-07-06 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
58. If you consider any Ayn Rand works to be "classics", that's a bad sign |
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MadHound
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Tue Mar-07-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
59. No it doesn't, but you will be in some danger anyway |
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drmom
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Tue Mar-07-06 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
61. Just like any other book, if you are a thinking person... |
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LostinVA
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Tue Mar-07-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
64. I think if you read it, like it., and agree with it |
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