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Jamesscottbooks

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About Jamesscottbooks

  • Birthday 02/17/1966

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    writing, reading, tug of war with my dog
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    Mountain top, PA
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    United States
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    Author Painter all around Cynic... But I love my dog!
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    Very familiar with Rand's writings and Debating with my crazy wife and her friends
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    James Scott
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    Purdue
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    Engineer fulltime (Novelist by night)

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  1. I would like to sharpen my comments on your wet-stone. Those that engage with me cannot be quelled with a pointed question... Perhaps my questions have blunted edges )
  2. How do you know an Objectavist is out going? They look at your shoes when they talk to you.
  3. Gee I went from member to Novice with that question... Strictlylogical - I do not believe they are evil, I do not see their actions as pernicious. I just think they are wrong, Although this topic seems to have lost its original thread...
  4. So are the second handers to be considered evil? They truly believe they are doing good and we are in fact doing evil by not taking care of everyone else...
  5. "Given that you said the majority of the population wasn't happy with the degenerating political scene, do you think the country would have even needed saved?" - Jaskn I may have missed what you are saying here but America's last election there was a 10% approval rating for Congress, there was a 90% re-election of the imcumbence.. This says to me that we are not happy with the degenerating political scene... And that we can't yet figure out how to beat the system... When our politicians keep setting themselves up to win, its a painful road for those that fight, but don't quit.
  6. "If Galt had just withdrawn from the world after the Starnes' took over the factory, had withdrawn his new motor technology but had not set out on a mission to convince others to do the same, there would have been no real effect from his one-man strike. The strike isn't practical without his mission to convice every person of ability to join him, and an equivalent strike in the real world would be just as ineffective. For someone like Rearden, it's either throwing himself into political activism to save his own country, or moving to another one that isn't as far gone." - Dante As a counter to your question, why not take your technology and force the corrections that you could make... While Tesla lost his battle for free energy Galt was in a different position. Instead Galt took the easiest way out - I can't buck the system so I am going to quit. That is fine if you think the system isn't worth fighting to save. Problem is he obviously feels it is. In his Eight hours long speech he prooves that. The biggest issue I have is why yes there are worse places than America today... Here we are allowing our country to get down as close to it as possible. Listening to actors who got there's tell us we don't deserve ours... Direct parrallel to Rand's work. It's just flat scary to me.
  7. "Concerning error, consider that when you drive, many of the errors that you make do not result in accidents. Even the roads are forgiving." I like that. I was told by a devoubt Bapist, in refernce to Hurricane Katrina, It missed us and hit them because we are better people than those sinners. To me that answers your question... Holier that though people make off hte cuff remarks like that without thinking hey people died there.
  8. As a first time poster I would like to say hello to everyone... And go right ahead and kiss up, I love the question and everyone's answers. I believe that the character of Rearden would have attempted to actually make a difference, joining with other great “Doers” and attempted to sway the popular opinion instead of tucking his tail and running to a mountain hide out. I believe Francisco would have ended up joining him in this endeavor, along with Wyatt. These three strong players along with financial leadership in Midas Milligan could have forced some policy changes. Policies established to allow Conway to stay in business, thus strengthening the Colorado foothold on technology. Also great minds like Hugh Akston would have stayed at University inspiring a next generation of the virtues of Reason. And Quentin Daniels could have continued teaching engineers the proper way of problem solving. Reardon would have ended up as President and Richard Halley would write concertos about his Greatness. When he finally retired from office he would have been so popular that Roark would build him a bungalow. All of this would have forced Paul larkin to marry Oyren Boyle and live together happily ever after
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