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To: epicure who wrote (4252)	5/4/2000 11:51:00 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

She lived out her sexual fantasies in her writing. A more fitting cover for Atlas might have been a buxom, half-clothed Dagny being ravaged by the virile Reardon, with the robot Galt waiting his turn in the background. The problem with any philosophy is that it springs forth from the human mind, tainted by the experiences and life of the "creator". Ayn Rand is no different and her writing and life reveals much about her own personal weaknesses and failings. She wrote once in frustration - and I may be paraphrasing slightly --"I no longer seek intelligent disagreement, but intelligent agreement". She lost me right there. When one can no longer accept criticism or dissent, one is no longer a leader, but a dictator, regardless of the beliefs espoused.

To: epicure who wrote (4252)	5/4/2000 2:04:00 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9127

X, I think you're being too hard on Ayn Rand. Not that I disagree with anything you said about her, but I prefer to look at the glass as half full. She brought to light this one perfect little jewel of truth--"enlightened self interest." These kinds of jewels show up every now and again. I remember the Peter Principle--that everyone is promoted to his level of incompetence. Lotsa truth there. The problem is that Mr. Peter stretched what would have made a great essay into a book. In order to fill up a book, he wrapped his jewel in all this stuff. Next thing you know you have the Peter Principle of Chess or the Peter Principle of Romance, or the Peter Principle on Mars, etc., and it starts getting silly and distorted and trite. I happened upon Ayn Rand quite accidentally when I was 21 in, of all places, a Playboy magazine. To make a long story short, she had a profound affect on me and I appreciate having been exposed to her. Yeah, the "movement" was over the top. There was "The Objectivist Newsletter" and the conferences and the novels and the scandals and the testimony, etc. etc. etc. Tacky at best. Still, under all that, was that one jewel... Karen