tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794724.post6428713640393457267..comments2023-10-17T04:21:10.969-04:00Comments on we like TV: atlas shruggedJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13030432083434333637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794724.post-65461928135907723912008-07-18T07:21:00.000-04:002008-07-18T07:21:00.000-04:00i really loved ayn rand's "the fountainhe...i really loved ayn rand's "the fountainhead" and when i see "atlas shrugged" on the shelf, i'm always tempted and start to reach for it....and then my eyes focus on the width of the book and, in the end, burkie shrugs and grabs the latest, equally thick harry potter book. i don't think i can handle rand's seriousness & intensity for that many pages. but i'm glad you got through it!burkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17976265820472636375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794724.post-36424209241208407132008-07-13T15:25:00.000-04:002008-07-13T15:25:00.000-04:00Have u ever thought that the environment is anothe...Have u ever thought that the environment is another problem for us which merits a solution ? i mean the person who solves it will do it solely to save his own house .. his place of survival! These people who talk about the earth as a a society and that we have to save it will ultimately end up in only a blame game and nothing else... may be am too pessimistic or who knows too optimistic abt that one man!i dont know who he is but sure enuf there will be one person to whom this problem will trouble the most and he will solve itShashankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16366926343201060413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10794724.post-87656311360378930222008-07-13T11:07:00.000-04:002008-07-13T11:07:00.000-04:00Ooh, I think I figured out something else that's b...Ooh, I think I figured out something else that's been bothering me. The preachings, to me, seem to indicate that charity is a bad thing. If you are going to be a hard-core industrialist, do it for yourself and to satisfy your own genius. Don't do it for the others. Do it with the "pure" goal of making money, not to help others. Because then you have nothing to apologize for.<BR/><BR/>Well, looking at how industry has affected our world (for good and for bad), how is that correct? What about how not just industrialists, but industrial thinkers and supporters (which includes me!), have destroyed our environment? If we allow ourselves to believe that it's okay to act on the motivation of capitalism but ignore everything else, isn't that saying it's okay to continue to destroy the world?<BR/><BR/>I don't know. So, in any case, I believe in charity, and I believe in living for the greater good, not just yourself.mirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433523211703144008noreply@blogger.com