orb@whuts.UUCP (07/18/86)
> > Tim, have you read "The Virtue of Selfishness"? Do you know what > "selfishness" Rand is talking about? (It's rational self-interest.) Do > you know that "greed" is not part of it? Before you sneer at something, > at least know what it's talking about. > -- > Marc Campos, GenRad Inc. {decvax,mit-eddie}!genrad!mxc Yes, I have read "The Virtue of Selfishness". Selfish greed with no concern for others (except as they affect oneself) is *exactly* what it advocates. Frankly, the book disgusted me as much as racist tracts. Numerous times I felt the yawning pit of revulsion that I felt when I read Wm Shirer's "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" when he describes the butchery of "The Final Solution". The selfishness was appalling. But in the interest of openmindedness I read it. I would not waste my time on such drivel again, anymore than I would reread racist tracts. tim sevener whuxn!orb