John Galt

Reply to Subjectivity vs. Objectivity in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

It isn't a societial moral obligation. It's an obligation to yourself as a free person to fight and keep fighting and make sure that lies, socialism and religion (two forms of lies) never win. By doing nothing and allowing the lies to be repeated and acted upon, you harm yourself because once those ideas become mainstream, others will be able to act upon it and harm you either by taking away your freedom, or by enslaving you to a false ideal. <BR

Ana Johnsson in Music JoeUser Forums

With all of the talk about Chritian Rock lately, here's my answer: Ana Johnsson "The Way I am" Excellent stuff. Everyone run, don't walk to buy this. She may or may not be an official objectivist, but she certainly is a really great accidental one :) I had a friend listen to "We Are" after hearing it on Third Watch. He said "Of co

Reply to I'm the Girl... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Only they can ease their hurt. You can't do anything other than live your life greatly and ensure that it never happens to you. I would tell every one of these people to read Atlas Shrugged.. or for the short attention spans in the room, read the Galt manifesto near the end of the book... (it's online all over the place in violation of copywrite, ironic considering) Oh, and listen to a little RUSH while you're at it <img src="../image

Spiderman 2 in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

Yes, I just saw it on DVD. Stupid me bought it cause he had the first one which wasn’t so bad, at least it didn’t hit you over the head like this one… but hey… Spiderman II perfectly encapsulates everything that is wrong with Altruism in any form. The only result of altruism is self-destruction. His life is falling apart because of it, and to survive long

Reply to Subjectivity vs. Objectivity in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

The only problems I have at this point (which I'm sure is probably something I don't entirely understand and you could clear up) is, first, I'm not really sure how you define an opinion. See, I don't think subjectivity is a problem if it's never acted on or expressed. You stated that the end result of subjectivity is always negative, but that seems pretty subjective to me. Which makes this whole thing really confusing to me. Unless you're defining an o

Arrogant Idiots in Politics JoeUser Forums

http://www.mychoice.ca Yes, this is a group of smokers that are upset that here in Canada we're starting to come to our senses and are banning smoking in all public places. Maybe someday we'll even get to the point of realizing that smoking in a house with a child under the age of 18 is ABUSE and charge people as such. FACT: Second hand smoke is

Men and Change in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Women: Men don't change. And when you force them to, then they become something less, something far less attractive, something that they don't want to know and you sure as hell don't either. Greatness, that which attracts you to us, in whatever form, requires confidence, it requires drive and determination. All of these traits are counter to change

Subjectivity vs. Objectivity in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Lately I’ve been watching as people get more and more upset and argumentative fighting over who’s right, democrats or republicans. I’ve also been watching so many other arguments to the point of stupidity about which cell phone system is better… All of it has a common thread. There is a continual “that’s just my opinion, I could be wrong” implied corollary to everyt

Reply to We're a Democracy in Politics JoeUser Forums

Solitair: One comment: Just because the Constitution doesn't mention a freedom doesn't mean you're not entitled to it. In fact by defintion of all law by every defition of law ever given, you're entitled to absoultely everything that doesn't PHYSICALLY harm another. Case in point: You're free from theft. Whether it be government (big gang) sanctioned at the barrel of the mitliary/police's gun or a gang on the streets of New Y

Reply to We're a Democracy in Politics JoeUser Forums

Three things here (thanks for the words of confidence people!) 1. Yes, I know that you're a republic (I'm from Canada) but the differences are relatively minor. Prime Minister from winning party with most seats versus separately elected, Senate nominated versus elected. Both don't really change much other than Canada ends up with a little bit more of a dictatorship for 4 years than you do. The major difference beyond what I have stated here i

We're a Democracy in Politics JoeUser Forums

Ok, so Draginol just posted an article on How to make a Kerry voter into a Bush voter. One of the things that has stuck with me throughout my readings of Draginol, that I just find so very very wrong, is his assumption that the will of the people is what democracy is all about. (“We're a democracy. The will of the people should be paramount.”) I agree with a

There's no such thing as "The Greater Good" in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Yes, I know I was going to write a whole pile of stuff and I’ll get back to it eventually. But I think this important. It’s the false assumption that is the basis for almost all thought in the world. It’s the concept of “the greater good”. Sorry, but the greater good doesn’t exist. It’s a contradiction in terms and the only result is mediocrity, and slavery. Yes I s

Reply to Robert Reich and his 4 principles in Democrat JoeUser Forums

The main problem I see is serveral assumptions that he makes: 1. Lots of RadCons believe that religion has no place in government at all and any attempt to create legislation based on religion is a recipy for disaster. (are you listening GWB?) What you're referring to here is not conservativism, it is religion nosing in where it doesn't belong. The founding fathers would all be considered RadCons now, and all of them agreed that religion is n

Life, the Universe and Everything Else too! in Welcome JoeUser Forums

Welcome to a blog about rational thought. By writing this blog I intend to outline and refine a philosophy that is similar to, but in no way ends at Objectivism as outlined by Ayn Rand and later put into practice wonderfully in Terry Goodkind's novels. Warning, I'm a Canadian, so lots of my po