Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!novavax!twwells!bill From: bill@twwells.com (T. William Wells) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION: talk.philosophy.objectivism Message-ID: <1990Jan18.144052.8391@twwells.com> Date: 18 Jan 90 14:40:52 GMT References: <1990Jan13.140242.14111@twwells.com> <9001140024.AA18363@apee.ogi.edu> <3635@ganymede.inmos.co.uk> Organization: None, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Lines: 23 In article jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) writes: : In article <3635@ganymede.inmos.co.uk>, des@elberton.inmos.co.uk (David Shepherd) writes: : >there was one objectivist who ... : > he never seemed : > to prove anything and incessantly quote Ayn Rand and made proto-facist : > rantings. : : Please define "proto-fascist" in this context. Objectivism places a high value : on strict respect for Human Rights, so if you mean proto-fascist literally : (as opposed to 'anyone who disagrees with David Shepherd'), the man was : obviously not an Objectivist. Hey Jeff, Mr. Shepherd has a valid complaint. I agree with him about the person he is referring to, except that I'd use much stronger language. Remember the guy I mentioned who is a racist and who justified it by means of pseudo-Objectivism? He's the same person. If you want, I'll send you the information I have that confirms this. --- Bill { uunet | novavax | ankh } !twwells!bill bill@twwells.com