KeathCole

Water falls from the sky.

Where and when exactly is he speaking?

http://www.founderscollege.com/facultystaf...entfaculty.html http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories....6727&EDATE= Garmong and Sandstead are the only of those I recognize as O'ists.

Poker player and aspiring comedy writer.

I've been a lurker on this forum for a couple years now, but this issue has caused me to come out of the woodwork and state my view. It is expressed in the following message of support I sent to Dr. Peikoff: ----------- Dr. Peikoff, There has been a considerable uproar coming from the various Objectivist-centered internet forums concerning your statement regarding the upcoming election. Of particular distress to many of the participants of these forums is your statement that those who abstain or vote Republican do not understand Objectivism or the role of philosophy in human life. There is no doubt however that this is true. While the Left is a disintegrated mish-mash of feckless quasi-socialist remnants from 60 years ago, the fundamental underlying the Right is a systematic long-range project to undermine the sovereignty and the efficacy of the individual's reason and therefore to destroy his control over his life, metaphysically and epistemologically. Why so many self-professed Objectivists take the short term view that Republicans e.g. won't raise taxes, favor economic freedom, will pro-actively prosecute the war against Islam etc. (despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary besides) as the primary issues of this election, is a question that is best left to their therapists, when it is obvious that what is at stake is the long-term survival of a society of reason. I appreciate that you are willing to take an absolute moral stand on this question, despite the outcry that you surely had forseen, particularly when you knew the public views of other prominent and popular Objectivists, particularly Mr. Tracinski, Dr. Binswanger, et al. Thank you for having the courage to give words to the convictions of those of us who do understand the life-importance of philosophy, as against those pragmatists in Objectivist clothing, who "twist the truth you've spoken to make a trap for fools." Sincerely, Keath Cole [email protected] Las Vegas, Nevada