Re: Ramblings of Randroids
akemi deherrera (de9926ak@uscolo.edu)
Thu, 22 Oct 1998 11:23:25 -0600 (MDT)
My $.01 worth. Even though I have not read anything by Ayn Rand I too
thought Matt's response was amusing.
On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, D. wrote:
> At 11:08 AM 10/20/98 -0700, you wrote:
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> First Matt wrote:
>
> >> We are the literary representatives of Ayn Rand. Please be advised
> >that
> >> discussion of Ayn Rand is expressly forbidden on this list, which is
> >> designed by and for decent people. Be further advised that
> >acquirement,
> >> enjoyment, endorsement, and other forms of propogation of Mrs. Rand's
> >> pamphlets and/or ideas is prohibited in the name of aesthetic,
> >> philosophical, political and social integrity. Personal copies of of
> >> Mrs. Rand's works retained for documentary purposes are to be stored
> >in
> >> the freezer. And know yet further that scorn and vituperation sit
> >like
> >> heavy fog on the censorious brows of the ethereal, electronic
> >> etherpowers who stand watch over this list and others like it and who
> >> themselves will not hear tell especially of _The Fountainhead_.
> >>
> >> Matt Kozusko mkozusko@parallel.park.uga.edu
> >>
>
> Then Liz retorted:
> >Okay, who gives you the right to determine what people should or
> >should not read? I don't care that you hate The Fountainhead but I
> >like it a lot. I am not an objectionist or anything like that I just
> >thought that it was a good story. Just like I love Salinger's stories
> >because they are great stories. I don't really care about the
> >religious meanings of them. People tend to
> >get so involved in the writer's beleifs or the symbolism of the story
> >that they forget about the story itself.
> >-Liz Friedman
>
>
> I just thought Matt's post was hysterical. Having seen the Modern Library
> readers' poll back when they had that Web page open to reader voting,
> there's obviously something mildly intense about Rand's
> readership--seemingly on the same level as some religious fanaticism.
> However, I've not read a word of Rand, and this sort of intensity makes me
> wonder if I should check out Rand just to see what all the fuss is about or
> just ignore her as some Jim Jones 20th Century Literary figure.
>
>
> My $0.02 worth,
>
> D.
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