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- From: obrien@netcom.com (No parking EXCEPT FOR BOB)
- Subject: Re: Literary peeves
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.194820.27369@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
- References: <1993Jan25.210744.20281@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1993Jan26.035431.611@netcom.com> <1993Jan26.193714.6568@twg.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:48:20 GMT
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- I got quoted a couple of times and taken to task for:
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- >In article <1993Jan26.035431.611@netcom.com>, obrien@netcom.com
- >(No parking EXCEPT FOR BOB) writes:
- > Peeve: That I never even *heard of* Ayn Rand until College.
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- Funny thing/peeve is, that I didn't even _imply_ what I thought of the
- material, just that I'm glad I read it and understand it.
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- Whether or not you agree with a philosophy, isn't it better to know
- what it is, than, say, read the first hundred pages and give up?
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- What I got from Rand's writings is the idea that *I set* the only standards
- *I* have to measure up to. Just as you don't have to measure up to
- mine.
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- Bob "a _closed_ mind is an ideal thing to waste" O'Bob
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