Devils_Advocate

Oh good! My family and friends all think I'm nuts!!

Thank you!

Government: Not only should they not get in it, when they do, they have no clue what's going on!

http://www.ajc.com/wednesday/content/healt...eline_0717.html 1200 people have been infected with Salmonella from Tomatoes. How would such a problem be handled in a free market society? 1200 illnesses, there should probably be something done. I agree that the Government shouldn't be the awnser, but in a free market society, what would it be?

Well, the FDA declared it's okay to eat them, but they still don't know where the poison came from. I haven't seen any posts on the topic (if there was one, please leave a link, sorry I missed it), so I decided to ask: How would such a crisis be treated in a Laissez fiare state? Any thoughts?

If Oliver Stone does the movie, I will stand outside with a sign saying : "Don't support the Bastardization of Art," or something to that effect.

Oh, come on, don't insult Dumbledore!

What was his defense?

I've always liked Carthage. It wasn't perfect, but it was still a cool country. One of the first commercial ones.

Exactly.

I think this will awnser a lot of questions outlined above: I decided to get Atlas Shrugged at Barnes and Noble on December 28, 2007, using a Christmas gift card (lol), because I was heavily immersed in the Republican movement and heard that this book had some strong pro-Capitalist themes. I was a little busy, so the first 300 pages took a little while, but by time I finished those, I was captivated. I read the rest of the book within a week. I loved it, and went and got the Fountainhead. Finished that, and then moved on to Anthem, then We the Living. I was almost compleatly sold - and then I read a bunch of essays in her nonfiction books, I supported it.

Thanks!

I'm 15 - just turned on July 1. I got one of my friends to read Atlas Shrugged and I was shocked beyond belief that it didn't compleatly turn his life upside down.

Hello all! I'm a young (15) Objectivist from Maine, who discovered Ayn Rand at the beginning of the year by reading "Atlas Shrugged". It compleatly changed my life. I'm here to mostly meet with other Objectivists, discuss ideas, etc., and ask questions. As my name implies, I will often take the opposite side of an issue to see what arguments can be formulated against it (this does not mean that I actually endorse the idea I propose. If it does, I will say so). I look forward to having an exciting time here, Devils_Advocate