Ayn Rand
J J R (jrovira@juno.com)
Thu, 22 Oct 1998 20:48:58 -0400 (EDT)
<<Hey, I guess that it's typical for a man to say that kind of thing of
a woman who stood up for what she believed. Historically women who are
very independant like Ayn Rand end up having that kind of image while
men who do the same thing are looked up to with respect.
-Liz Friedman>>
No, actually, I said that based upon my observation of the interaction
between the male and female characters in Anthem :) If Rand presented a
strong woman in that novel, I don't think I could have made that comment.
As it was, the woman was pretty spineless compared to the male character.
<<... or to put it another way, just because you don't like Ayn Rand
doesn't
mean that everyone else isn't allowed to either. I personally am not a
huge
Rand fan - in fact, quite the opposite - but I would certainly not
begrudge
anyone their own opinion if it is in any way linked to a discussion of JD
Salinger. Think how angry everyone would be if you had substituted Ayn
Rand
for say, Catholicism!
Camille>>
Now, I think you see where I'm coming from. It's not that I don't like
Ayn Rand, or even that I disagree completely with her ethical egotism,
but that I was making an informed judgment based on a book of hers I had
read.
Now, if you were REALLY paying attention, you should have blasted me for
reasoning from text to author :) Then my only recourse would have been
to say I was commenting on the model author (in Umberto Eco's sense) and
that my observations could still be supported from the text.
BUT, this one wins out over all...
<<liz--three words: tongue in cheek--matt>>
See, what I said was the WORST POSSIBLE THING, and the MOST SELF
CONTRADICTORY, about the woman who gave the world ethical egoism :)
And I knew it.
Jim
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