tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post4883190975505031471..comments2024-01-01T17:21:52.555+00:00Comments on Is the BBC biased?: Raining on Ayn's Parade?Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741318067991857821noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-83550699372082214812018-05-20T07:38:01.101+01:002018-05-20T07:38:01.101+01:00Dennis Mc Shame does not like Ayn Rand big surpris...Dennis Mc Shame does not like Ayn Rand big surprise he ended up in jail for corruption re his EU associationsniconoclasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11346612911422614130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-21305218174101728852018-05-09T08:15:26.058+01:002018-05-09T08:15:26.058+01:00I wouldn't describe my objections as prejudice...I wouldn't describe my objections as prejudices! Just as there are creepy versions of nationalism e.g. Putin's brand, I think one can say that Rand's approach could be called "creepy individualism" and seems based on the wrong headed notion that individualism is not itself a social product. When not actually wrong, her admonitions and aphorisms barely rise above the greeting card level... <br /><br />But you are right of course that the Far Left enabled by the BBC and other branches of the MSM are seeking to undermine individualism. The attack on free speech is itself a serious attack on individualism, by attempting to shoehorn everyone into group classifications and so on. Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-83564265329778228672018-05-07T18:18:42.472+01:002018-05-07T18:18:42.472+01:00But irrespective of MB's prejudices there is c...But irrespective of MB's prejudices there is clearly an agenda being run by the far left against the pro-individualist and anti-authoritarian thinkers. Owen Jones ... rabbiting on about 'neo-cons'. Eagle railing against Hayek and now Rand being hit on by the corrupt and intellectual pygmies. Bupohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03753698267888227021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-26526109440340263432018-05-07T15:51:33.764+01:002018-05-07T15:51:33.764+01:00It would also suggest that Sajid Javid has pretty ...It would also suggest that Sajid Javid has pretty poor literary taste!Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-62053084452895595662018-05-06T21:47:35.060+01:002018-05-06T21:47:35.060+01:00I'm not a fan of Ayn Rand, who is indeed one o...I'm not a fan of Ayn Rand, who is indeed one of the loopiest and plain wrong political philosophers of all time, probably on a par with Pol Pot and Lily Allen. The fact (if fact it is) that Sajid Javid is a fan, doesn't surprise me at all. Lots of banker types like Rand because they feel she justifies their huge wealth. Neither does the fact that SJ was a banker up to his neck in the derivatives mess that caused the 2008 crash (Sunday Times today) surprise me. And neither does the fact that his Uncles are up to their necks in some sort of migration scam (Mail). This is one of those very rare occasions when I am with Mardell! <br /><br />Monkey Brainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3272054900018746845.post-64749528749476092662018-05-06T19:29:12.927+01:002018-05-06T19:29:12.927+01:00There is unrest in the forest
There is trouble wit...There is unrest in the forest<br />There is trouble with the trees<br />For the maples want more sunlight<br />And the oaks ignore their pleas<br /><br />The trouble with the maples<br />And they're quite convinced they're right<br />They say the oaks are just too lofty<br />And they grab up all the light<br />But the oaks can't help their feelings<br />If they like the way they're made<br />And they wonder why the maples<br />Can't be happy in their shade?<br /><br />There is trouble in the forest<br />And the creatures all have fled<br />As the maples scream 'oppression!'<br />And the oaks, just shake their heads<br /><br />So the maples formed a union<br />And demanded equal rights<br />'The oaks are just too greedy<br />We will make them give us light'<br />Now there's no more oak oppression<br />For they passed a noble law<br />And the trees are all kept equal<br />By hatchet, <br />Axe,<br />And sawCharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07341313534441507081noreply@blogger.com