[ExI] "Atlas Shrugged" film review

Richard Loosemore rpwl at lightlink.com
Wed Apr 20 16:23:58 UTC 2011


Will Steinberg wrote:
>     BillK wrote:
>         “There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s
>         life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish
>         fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its
>         unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially
>         crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The
>         other, of
>         course, involves orcs.” – John Rogers
> 
> Absolutely fantastic.  Too many of my peers think objectivism is a 
> tenable worldview... 

Orcs, on the other hand, are only too real.  They make up at least 50% 
of the population of internet mailing lists....

:-)


Richard Loosemore





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