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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (34589)	7/8/2011 12:47:44 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Respond to of 36921

So was Ayn Rand a misanthrope or a sociopath or both? I think we are trying to move the thread back to civilized discussions about environmentalism.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (34589)	7/8/2011 1:32:54 AM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 36921

"So give me your money so that I can show you my wonderful compassion by forcibly saving you from Global Warming which you disbelieve, and pay myself well, as well as my supporters". < is a nation based on greed, me-firstism and an utter disregard for the well-being of the community. As for me, I will gladly stand with the opposite tradition. Do we want a culture of compassion or contempt? That is the choice. And we should proclaim our answer, compassion, boldly and without apology.> Compassion or contempt? The good old false dichotomy. I'll go with contempt for such thinking thanks, and compassion for the victims of their contempt, who are the hard done by taxpayers and citizens in serfitude. Mqurice

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (34589)	7/8/2011 1:41:15 AM
From: average joe	Respond to of 36921

"So was Ayn Rand a misanthrope or a sociopath or both?" Primarily Ayn Rand was against government holding too much power. Jefferson and Washington were against the government holding too much power. The U.S. and the world is trying to stave off a major financial meltdown mostly because of government intervention in the economy. The solution appears to be more government intervention in the economy which is only delaying and making the inevitable worse. There is no question about service Wharfy but if you're providing it free of charge in exchange for nothing that is servitude and not service. Regarding the unfortunate murder of the little girl the actual story is below. "The first thing that impresses me about the case is the ferocious rage of a whole society against one man. No matter what the man did, there is always something loathsome in the 'virtuous' indignation and mass-hatred of the 'majority.'... It is repulsive to see all these beings with worse sins and crimes in their own lives, virtuously condemning a criminal... en.wikipedia.org