Rand vs Randites, was Re: what, not an extropian?

From: Michael M. Butler (butler@comp-lib.org)
Date: Mon Jun 03 2002 - 01:05:20 MDT

"E. Shaun Russell" wrote:

> [...] Ayn Rand was just a starting point as far
> as philosophies go; in my mind, she helped liberate the minds of
> individuals who felt stuck inside a collective vacuum. There are many
> flaws to her philosophy, and she herself was a hypocrite who needed a cult
> of followers around her to help her feel secure. But why should this in
> any way diminish the pure influence *some* aspects of her thought (not even
> her philosophy) had on extropy.

This is a toughie--write a disclaimer for every book? Who writes it? "Says
who?" All over again.

Put it in the PreFAQs? 

-- 
                     butler a t comp - lib . o r g
I am not here to have an argument. I am here as part of a civilization.
                           Sometimes I forget.

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