[WikiEN-l] Ayn Rand and Wikipedia

David Gerard dgerard at gmail.com
Fri Nov 14 11:49:03 UTC 2008


2008/11/13 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:

> Why would someone be *glad* that it's not obvious who wrote an article?
> What rational reason could there possibly be for such a position?  I'll
> grant that in some situations it might be rational to give away your work
> for free and without attribution, but to be *glad* specifically *because*
> you are not attributed, I don't see how that can possibly be considered a
> moral position within the framework of Objectivism.


I suspect the difficulty here is that you're speaking Objectivist
jargon, but those you're conversing with are speaking more
conventional English.

(Are you sure Kurt Weber isn't posting using your email address in the
From: line?)


- d.



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