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