random thought of the moment:
Everyone sees what you seem to be, few perceive what you are; and those few don’t dare oppose the general opinion, which has the majesty of the government backing it up. … The masses are always impressed by appearances and by the outcome of an event — and in the world there are only masses. The few have no place there when the many crowd together.
— Machievelli, The Prince
April 27th, 2006 by Jerry
So Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie might be in a screenplay of an Ayn Rand novel. While Rand's rampant sense of individualism lends itself to Hollywood egos, I'd like to ask Angelina Jolie what Rand would have to say about saving the children in Cambodia and whatnot? I try to think of a connection and can only shrug.
Jerry
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John Galt would blow up the plane carrying food — he'd make a nice terrorist.
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Posted 27 Apr 2006 at 11:06 pm ¶Shouldn't this post, based on your last line, have been titled "Ales Shrugged?"
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Posted 28 Apr 2006 at 3:38 pm ¶I'm glad someone caught on to that line, but considering that I am but a guest contributor, and not Mr. Dung, that didn't occur to me!
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Posted 28 Apr 2006 at 7:07 pm ¶I doubt AR would say anything other than AJ is free to do as she pleases re charity towards Cambodian children. She simply isn't *obliged* to in any way, and neither is anyone else.
Best regards
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Posted 04 May 2006 at 1:46 pm ¶I wonder if Rush will do the soundtrack.
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Posted 04 May 2006 at 3:30 pm ¶Sure, nobody is obliged to do anything for the Cambodians, just as they aren't obliged to free the Guantanomo Bay prisoners, oppose torture, help the underrepresented minorities, and support Tibet and Darfur.
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