[WikiEN-l] apologies to Jimbo re Ms. Rand with text

[Ray Saintonge]

Stevertigo wrote:

> But more importantly, as all who wax philosophical should be taken 
> with a grain of salt -- the size of that grain often depends on what 
> the feeling is -- based on what some of the people who adhere to that 
> 'philosophy' -- hence, when I take a look at the Ayn Rand Institutes' 
> website and see a bunch of nonsense on there, my grain of salt reminds 
> me that what these people -- supposed loyalists to Ayn Rand -- write, 
> isn't necessarily what she, herself would have said.  In fact, 
> understanding the controversy within her following about who exactly 
> is running her foundation -- who's bearing the torch, and is he doing 
> a good job -- it seems as if this is really a tragic case where people 
> are using her name and her much-lauded intellect to justify anything 
> from welfare gutting to deportation and so on.
>
This is typical of disciples.  One of my favorite Nietzche quotes has 
always been, "There are no Christians alive today, the last one died on 
the cross."  Just wait until Jimbo's disciples start quoting him after 
he's gone.  He may never recognize himself when he resurrects. :-)

Ec