From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Mon Jun 03 2002 - 22:28:54 MDT
From: "Technotranscendence" <neptune@mars.superlink.net>
Max More:> On Monday, June 03, 2002 10:16 PM Olga wrote:
> >>> I can see that continuing this would be fruitless. Olga, you seem to
> >>> dislike Rand because she wasn't suffering from ***poverty*** [all
italics like
>>>>> this mine - Olga] and wasn't focused on those worst off.
Techno:> >> This is a good point.
> >
Olga:> > No, Techno, this was a very, very bad point - and totally
erroneous.
>> In my reply to Max I stated this was not about ***poverty*** (if you
disagree
>> with my post, let me know why this is about ***poverty***). I brought
up an
>> example using white kids and black kids, and someone "read" ***poverty***
>> into this. This in itself is somewhat telling, don't you think?
>
> For the record, I don't read everything on this list. There really is
> too much to wade through. Let's see. You originally said:
[my reposted reposted revealed ***not a whit said about poverty*** Olga]
Techno: > Is your point that Rand had nothing to struggle with? That her
life was
> made from the moment she stepped off the boat? Or from the moment she
> was conceived?
No, none of the above. Only that it was imputed to me that I mentioned
***poverty*** - and it remains veeeeeeerrrrrrry interesting to me how the
image of "poverty" sprung forth out of my example of the black and white
kids and the swimming pool. (Wowie, I learn something every day - even when
I don't intend to! - even things I wish I hadn't, sometimes ...)
Olga
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