Frogwatch wrote:
On Mar 17, 3:56 pm, HK wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Mar 17, 3:19 pm, HK wrote:
Frogwatch wrote:
On Mar 17, 12:50 pm, Dymphna
wrote:
I would like to read that book. My daughter just finished it and told me
there were scenes in it I would not approve of (I am very prudish). But
it finally got her interested in politics, which is what the book is
about. It is about how Socialism takes over and she could see it. She
read it because of a scholarship that is being offered with an essay on
the book. But in the end I think it did her some good. (Do you know how
frustrating it is to be heavy into politics and have children who don't
care? ggggrrrrr!)
She did tell me the same thing you did about the first few hundred
pages - it was hard for her to get through that part and she reads like
the wind.
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Am about 250 pages into it, yes, there is sex but nothing explicit,
yet. Some people might consider the main character and her lover to
be "amoral" yet they are true to their own moral code. At first, the
idea that doing "good works" with no thought of personal gain is not
necessarily good seems odd but Rand seems intent on hammering the
theme that self interested works that happen to benefit others are
best.
The book will make you question "works of charity", for example, Rand
would probably not approve of giving aid to Africa with nothing in
return. Experience shows she may be right.
Rand is the perfect metaphorical writer for today's GOP "I've got mine,
I'm going to get yours, too, so **** you."
Read Ms. Rand in the seventh grade or so, both the fountainhead and
atlas shrugged. More turgid prose from a professional novelist i have
never encountered. :)
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HK must not have understood the book. It is really about "If I am
able to get mine, you will be able to get yours too", however, "It is
not my concern if you do not get yours if you are incompetent".
I understood the books. I also understand why you Republicans love them
so much...they back up your total lack of social conscience and
responsibility.

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Clearly HK did not understand the books because his ideas are totally
at odds with what Rand says in the book. In fact, she specifically
says that a "purposeless life is sinful" and has contempt for a
character who is rich but does not do anything with his wealth but be
an idle playboy. By contrast, she has admiration for the characters
who build things that enable others to prosper.
How would HK define "responsibility"? Rand would define it to do
something that benefits onesself without being detrimental to others.
In general, she thinks that this enables others to benefit too.


Hehehe. Go build another abomination and leave the lit reviews to those
who understand what they read.



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