On 7/13/2012 3:48 PM, George Plimpton wrote:
On 7/13/2012 3:30 PM, Hawke wrote:
On 7/12/2012 5:52 PM, Richard wrote:
On 7/12/2012 5:51 PM, Edward A. Falk wrote:
In ,
wrote:

That's because you have no sense of humanity. You see the poor and
the
weak suffer and are not bothered by it. You are more offended when
the
rich have something taken from them than if poor women are denied pap
smears and breast exams and wind up dying of cancer. It says a lot
about
your values. They obviously are not what are called Christian values,
are they? In your book, wealth and privilege mean more than caring
for
the least of us. The world is full of people like you. That is why
it is
such a ****ty place. Things mean a lot more to you than people.

Hawke


Read "Atlas Shrugged" fool.

This is actually consistent with Hawke's point. Ayn Rand was as
anti-Christian as it gets. She despised Christianity and Christian
values of generosity and altruism.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion...dont-mix_n.htm



http://online.worldmag.com/2011/06/1...-jesus-christ/
http://wepartypatriots.com/wp/2011/0...-christianity/



That didn't come across in the book.
I just finished it (second reading) last week.



Now how do you like her after learning she's anti Christian, anti
religion, atheist, and denigrates generosity

No, she doesn't. What she militates against is *forced* giving. Rand
had no problem with someone who chooses to help another, as long as the
person giving help has complete control over who gets the help and how
much help is given. That's exactly how I believe it should be.

I am more generous with the needy than you are, by far. You give
nothing - no time, no money, nothing.


and altruism?

There's no such thing.


Still a hero?

She sure is to me.


You should be embarrassed to admit that. Her values are greed,
materialism, and being completely self-serving. Her values are the
antithesis of "family values". I am not surprised that you are proud of
having those values. They go hand in hand with your belief that only you
and your material gain are of any importance. You put yourself at the
center of the world. Everything revolves around you. The problem is that
most of the world considers that way of thinking as being completely
wrong, and that is one care where the majority is correct.

Hawke