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From: ellis@chips.sri.com (Michael Ellis)
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Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: talk.philosophy.objectivism
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Date: 16 Jan 90 06:26:51 GMT
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> Steve Cumming  >> T. William Wells

>>This is a call for discussion for a new newsgroup:

>I'll vote yes, as long as it's called talk.religion.objectivism.

    Whether we like it or not, Ayn Rand's nonfictional work is
    actually placed in the philosophy section of libraries and
    bookstores. She may be treated as a pariah by academic
    philosophers, but she wrote philosophy all the same. 

    In my experience, there have always been many Objectivist
    USENET contributors and there always will be. With a separate
    newsgroup of their own, I think there would be a lot less friction in
    groups like sci.philosophy.tech.

    I support talk.philosophy.objectivism, and if it is moderated I
    should hope that both Bill Wells and a representative of the Peikoff
    orthodoxy would have a hand in its administration.

-michael