Saturday, July 3, 2010

MORE FOOD FOR THOUGHT, ON THIS FOURTH OF JULY


Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead - Howard Roark Speech


Message from Ayn Rand


Ayn Rand - Moral Judgment


Ayn Rand - Rationalization Catch Phrases


Ayn Rand - The Morality of Compromise

IT WOULD SEEM 'HERETICAL' TO ADMIRE SOMEONE FOR SPEAKING THE TRUTH RELENTLESSLY,
RATHER THAN ONLY ESPOUSE THEIR PHILOSOPHY
WHAT IS ADMIRABLE ABOUT AYN RAND IS HER INTEGRITY, HER TAKE ON REASON, AND IT IS THAT EXACTLY THAT PREVENTS ME FROM PUTTING HER ON A PEDESTAL
JUST LOOK AT LANGUAGE, AND THE MEANING OF WORDS
THE FIRST HAS TURNED INTO A FUNCTION OF FORM-FILLING, BAD MANUAL WRITING, AND SPEECHMAKING
THE SECOND HAS ALSO TURNED AWAY FROM EXPRESSION, ONLY TO EXIST AS A TOOL OF DOGMA
AN ALIEN, HAVING LANDED IN NYC, COULD NEVER BE SURE HE GOT THE RIGHT PLACE OR DECADE,
IF HE HAD TO DEPEND ON 'THE MEDIA', HE'D DEFINITELY THINK HE WAS IN THE USSR IN THE
1950'S INSTEAD OF IN THE USA IN 2010
REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM (THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR MEME) HAS BEEN ALL THE RAGE FOR DECADES, THINK ABOUT IT

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