Nov 17, 2013 6:50 PM

Wait until you run into the first asshat who claims to have read Atlas Shrugged, and then quotes this article.

You'll KNOW they are lying, and they will point to the article.

THAT one is always fun. When you take the time to FORCE the truth down their throat, they still think the lie they told about having actually read it, was ok.

Thanks Ceit Butler, I was on my way to make a decision to start reading books, and now that you bring that up, fuck it, I won't read books :P

Read Books = BEING Write books = HAVING

I THINK you should write a book Ceit, and so do I :D

...the point was that you SHOULD read books.

Read, think and interpret for yourself, rather than blindly believing such bullshit, hidden-agenda articles that are clearly written by douche-bags with rich benefactors!

Seriously, I challenge any one to read this book, and then try and convince me that she hasn't described the age we're currently living in, EXACTLY.

Isn't Atlas Shrugged like 1400 pages? Don't think I have the attention span for that lol. How do you like it so far, Ceit?

.the point was that you SHOULD read books. FUCK !!!....I did it again, missed the fucking point !!! :D

She had a lot of friends in high places, from what I briefly read about her. Alan Greenspan was one of her close friends.

I challenge ANYONE in here to WRITE a book :P

1084 pages, I'm 501 in :D

And as I said, it's making me angry. This is not a new book. And it's a title that gets tossed around a lot.

Almost any conversation regarding books with an important social message will at some point mention two, if not all three of the following: George Orwell's "1984", Phillip K. Dick's "The Penultimate Truth", and Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged".

People are fond of discussing these books and the points they make , but how many then take that knowledge and compare it to the world they live in?

It's fashionable to discuss these things in groups, much less so to refrain from settling one's rose-coloured glasses firmly back into place, before facing reality again.

George Orwell's "1984", Phillip K. Dick's "The Penultimate Truth", and Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged", Ceit Butler's "Getting Tossed Around"

:D

I almost pulled the trigger on a Philip K. Dick box set the other week, maybe I will pick it up. Need a break from law books. His books make the best movies ;-)

Hey Mathew Morrill, why not create a Mathew Morrill "Pulled the Trigger" book ? :D

Lol, it will consist of all the things in my life that didn't "pull the trigger" on and how my life would be different because of it. ;-)

I know I am PERFECTLY "in line" about what has been taught in here....

"MAJORITY is always wrong" and who reads books seems to be MAJORITY, and who writes them seems to be MINORITY :P

Shit am I EVER deep on this rainy sunday :D

So I AM writing a book :D Pete Daoust's "IN LINE" 2013 :D

And for a 3 easy payment of $109.99, the "IN LINE" book will be delivered right at your door.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! .....ok, I shut it up now....keep going :/

We'll discuss all this at my next SEMINAR :D

No, the MAJORITY will read articles discussing the books, (such as the one that started this thread), and will accept these opinions as fact.

The MINORITY will actually READ THE BOOKS THEMSELVES, and form their OWN opinions.

If you say so Ceit Butler, but I really think the very small minority will WRITE these books .....but hey, you know me !!! How often I miss the point is talking to itself.... :D

Talking to itself ??....does that even makes sense ? :/

Nowadays, Atlas Shrugged and similar modern literature is reviewed in the same way Christians "review" their Bible.; They speak as experts and don't ACTUALLY READ THE FUCKING BOOK!

They then lie, when you point out the reality, by saying "you're taking that out of context".

...at this point the discussion is best handled by bitch-slapping the speaker of such bullshit.

I just digitally bitch-slapped Alternet for posting such fallacies. :D

Still awaiting a response...

They promise that ALL comments from Alternet readers are important, and will be reviewed and replied to promptly!

The Moderators won't approve my comment on the actual article, so I sent it privately to Alternet themselves.

"Tsk, tsk, Alternet...you should be hanging your head in shame."

:p

They promise that all MODERATES comments from Alternet readers are important, and will be reviewed and replied to promptly!....or ALL comments ? :/

Perhaps it was the subject line; "Duplicitous fallacies!", that prompted them to hit the delete button...

:D

Maybe you should re-submit the comment as 'Duplicitous faeces' ;-)

I really can't see that one getting a warmer reaction.