Comments on: Objectivism: what’s the deal? http://bigbigquestion.com/2008/04/14/objectivism-whats-the-deal/ Question As Conversation Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:51:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: never used baby shoes http://bigbigquestion.com/2008/04/14/objectivism-whats-the-deal/#comment-2220 never used baby shoes Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:10:32 +0000 http://bigbigquestion.com/2008/04/14/objectivism-whats-the-deal/#comment-2220 What an interesting coincidence that you post this question, and a few hours later, I come upon <a href="http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/rand-rescue" rel="nofollow">this</a>. I personally struggled through most of Atlas Shrugged one summer, with my parents prouldy encouraging me. I kept going "wtf? Are they really advocating me to adopt a philosophy that encourages being this selfish?" I didn't finish, and didn't engage my parents in any discussion of the books themes. Even in high school, I knew I viewed the world as a very different place than they did. What an interesting coincidence that you post this question, and a few hours later, I come upon this.

I personally struggled through most of Atlas Shrugged one summer, with my parents prouldy encouraging me. I kept going “wtf? Are they really advocating me to adopt a philosophy that encourages being this selfish?” I didn’t finish, and didn’t engage my parents in any discussion of the books themes. Even in high school, I knew I viewed the world as a very different place than they did.

]]> By: Valette http://bigbigquestion.com/2008/04/14/objectivism-whats-the-deal/#comment-2219 Valette Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:53:21 +0000 http://bigbigquestion.com/2008/04/14/objectivism-whats-the-deal/#comment-2219 Yeah, the Galt speach? I completely skipped. I didn't even skim it. What I did read of it, the first five pages or so, was just a repetition of every theme she was already talking about in the book. I felt it was like: Just In Case You Didn't Get The Point Of The Book, Let Me Spell It Out To You In Excruciating Detail One More Time. And then I stabbed myself in the eye. Yeah, the Galt speach? I completely skipped. I didn’t even skim it. What I did read of it, the first five pages or so, was just a repetition of every theme she was already talking about in the book. I felt it was like: Just In Case You Didn’t Get The Point Of The Book, Let Me Spell It Out To You In Excruciating Detail One More Time. And then I stabbed myself in the eye.

]]> By: jmd82 http://bigbigquestion.com/2008/04/14/objectivism-whats-the-deal/#comment-2215 jmd82 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:30:38 +0000 http://bigbigquestion.com/2008/04/14/objectivism-whats-the-deal/#comment-2215 Good question. I was definitely in that camp of people who wanted to burn my copy when finished. I think it was the MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME (everyone else be damned) is justified tone that peeved me. If I'm mistaken totally, it was like 8 years ago so can't recall exactly. One of the days, I should reread it. Good question. I was definitely in that camp of people who wanted to burn my copy when finished. I think it was the MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEME (everyone else be damned) is justified tone that peeved me. If I’m mistaken totally, it was like 8 years ago so can’t recall exactly.
One of the days, I should reread it.

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