[87] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: LIVING WAGE SIT-IN AT HARVARD (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Prez H. Cannady)
Fri Apr 20 09:02:42 2001
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From: "Prez H. Cannady" <revprez@MIT.EDU>
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At 02:29 AM 4/20/01 , Sourav K. Mandal wrote
>
>In the late 15th century the wide agreement was that the Earth is flat
>-- is that reality?
That's funny. I though the 15th century wide agreement was
that nobody cared.
>> You flaunt it as an axiom, but then go around defining the
>> parameters as you please.
>
>Oh, how so?
If you'd read on, you would have read my objection.
>If it's done with integrity and pride, I have no problem; since you
>don't believe in that much, you are right that we are likely not to
>agree on much of anything.
Your definition of integrity and pride seems to follow
Ayn Rand's, which is as much BS as Lenin and Mao's
views on the value of man. It inspires Objectivists
to make meaningless qualifications for practicing
your weekend warrior greed. Integrity, pride...bullshit.
>Nope, we're all unapologetic atheists. The universe is what it is;
>accept it, uncork some wine, and enjoy life.
I knew there was something else about Objectivists I was
leaving out. Beyond the dry and often superficial
talk, writings and arguments about the self-serving lifestyle,
the philosophy maintains bitter, morbid fascination with defending
a Godless universe. There's something to say about a
philosophy that not only looks contemptfully on theism,
but on atheists who haven't followed the same "rigorous"
process of thought to become "strong atheists." Fortunately,
Objectivists, unlike the identity know nothing crowds,
draw a line and refuse to deconstruct their own assumptions --
even if they are tautologically expressed.
Rev Prez
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