Frog Eater Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Pretty much anyone who bitches about Palis getting their ass handed to them after Hamas decides to blow themselves up on a school-bus, or fire rockets at civilians, while hiding behind kids...OH NO...........This has to be an alt......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watcher Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 This guy/gal has gotta be an alt.I half suspect he/she's an alt but it's better to be nice in case it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Galt Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 OH NO...........This has to be an alt.........Admins can run an IP check. I am not an ALT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormund Ukrainesbane Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Don't bother with the book - I'll be the first one to point out that it can get pretty dry, and is not everyone's cup of tea. John Galt is more of an abstract idea, than a specific character. Goodkind's Richard Rahl embodies most of those ideas - rather than reading Attlas Shrugged, you could read "Faith of the Fallen" instead. Say what you want about Goodkind - he did turn a lot of young people onto Objectivism. And a good thing too, in an age where most people want government to take care of their life...The following quote from Bioshock is something John Galt would say:Alright, Myshkin. You had me going there for a minute, but the jig is up. Take off the mask, knowing that you made me lawl at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mashiara Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Don't bother with the book - I'll be the first one to point out that it can get pretty dry, and is not everyone's cup of tea. John Galt is more of an abstract idea, than a specific character. Goodkind's Richard Rahl embodies most of those ideas - rather than reading Attlas Shrugged, you could read "Faith of the Fallen" instead. Say what you want about Goodkind - he did turn a lot of young people onto Objectivism. And a good thing too, in an age where most people want government to take care of their life...Being one of the few unfortunates here who has had the pleasure of reading both of those books, I only have one thing to say: :rofl: I thought you were an alt right away. If you're not, welcome to the board. This is going to be fun. :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf2375 Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I thought you were an alt right away. If you're not, welcome to the board. This is going to be fun. :cheers:but most likely only for a very short time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik of Hazelfield Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 This is pretty much why we don't like Terry Goodkind: http://sandstormreviews.blogspot.com/2006/...d-parodies.htmlFeel free to discuss it in the Goodkind threads in the literature subforum. We always appreciate someone from the other side. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerraPrime Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality:rofl:Bring it on, bitches!!*wears his mad scientist cloak and cackles maniacally* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Galt Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 This is pretty much why we don't like Terry Goodkind: http://sandstormreviews.blogspot.com/2006/...d-parodies.htmlFeel free to discuss it in the Goodkind threads in the literature subforum. We always appreciate someone from the other side. :)It's hard to argue for Goodkind's writing ability - the guy's a dyslexic after all. At the same time you can't take away a number of great concepts he came up with (Palace of the Prophets or Confessors for example). And like I said - I give him credit for introducing a whole new generation to Ayn Rand and her philosophy. Much needed counterbalance to a society that is steadily slipping towards socialism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frog Eater Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 It's hard to argue for Goodkind's writing ability - the guy's a dyslexic after all. At the same time you can't take away a number of great concepts he came up with (Palace of the Prophets or Confessors for example). And like I said - I give him credit for introducing a whole new generation to Ayn Rand and her philosophy. Much needed counterbalance to a society that is steadily slipping towards socialism.Do you watch Glen Beck too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebla Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 OH JOHN RINGO GALT YES!!!he's no DAISY, he's no DAISY AT ALLLLL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Galt Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality:rofl:Bring it on, bitches!!*wears his mad scientist cloak and cackles maniacally*Think stem cell research - and the potential to save lives/cure diseases, if it wasn't for xtian mythology/morality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiko Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 where the scientist would not be bound by petty moralityThink stem cell research - and the potential to save lives/cure diseases, if it wasn't for xtian mythology/morality.Oh! You are going for the roundhouse kick! I approve. Put as much as you can through your window of opportunity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 where the scientist would not be bound by petty moralityThink stem cell research - and the potential to save lives/cure diseases, if it wasn't for xtian mythology/morality.Oh, gee, as if that could have possibly been what Ayn Rand was thinking about in 1957 when Atlas Shrugged was published. Terra's links are all a lot more relevant to 1957 than stem cell research. Anyone got any ideas on what else would she would have been likely to have been thinking of back then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteGabriel Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I am pretty sure there was a short-lived John Galt on these boards a year or two ago who caused a ruckus on the book forums with his relentless douchebaggery, but I don't think that's you.Welcome to the boards. This is a pretty awesome board. I am a serial message board inhabitant, have colonized, grown tired of, and left a few different web communities in my time, and this board has staying power.Oh and I am a shameless tax-and-spend liberal Democrat who thinks the Christian fundamentalist movement is Satan's greatest achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AverageGuy Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Welcome, John Galt. It's always good to see the other side, assuming it's not a sockpuppet. Try to keep the speeches under seventy pages.If you had to sit down and read either (1) The Sword of Truth or (2) The Left Behind series, which would you pick, assuming both are about equal in length and bad prose.Left Behind. Obviously. At least Christian fundamentalists are reasonable. :PWell, seriously, I got about ten books into SOT and one book into Left Behind, so I guess that's answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Galt Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 Oh, gee, as if that could have possibly been what Ayn Rand was thinking about in 1957 when Atlas Shrugged was published. Terra's links are all a lot more relevant to 1957 than stem cell research. Anyone got any ideas on what else would she would have been likely to have been thinking of back then?She'd agree. This page has a list of her views:http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=faq_indexFor example, Ayn Rand's view on abortion:What was Ayn Rand’s view on abortion?Excerpt from “Of Living Death†in The Objectivist, October 1968: An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being. A child cannot acquire any rights until it is born. The living take precedence over the not-yet-living (or the unborn). Abortion is a moral right—which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other than her wish in the matter is to be considered. Who can conceivably have the right to dictate to her what disposition she is to make of the functions of her own body?†Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Security Squish Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 The following quote from Bioshock is something John Galt would say:Doesn't the villain say that? I always thought that statement embodies the root of the problem with Rapture, no constraint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ormond Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Whether or not she would agree with stem cell research is not the point.The point is: what could she have possbily been thinking of in 1957 as an exampe of scientists being stifled by "petty morality", given that stem cell research was not something on anyone's radar screen then? Oh, and welcome, by the way. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nichole Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I am such a gullible fool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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