Objectivism Q&A

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"][QUOTE="MakeMeaSammitch"]

should charity be illegal? Or is it silly do if it is?

Ace6301

how can ayn rand support mental servitude in the form of idea rights or intellectual property, something she was an ardent supporter of? and if it is an objective contradiction how can you hold her up on a pillar of virtue as the spokesperson of objectivism? thought is not finite, it is infinitely reproducible, how can one hold title over it? how can you objectively rationalize indenturing current and future generations by artificially limiting their intellectual breath? surrealnumber5

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]how can ayn rand support mental servitude in the form of idea rights or intellectual property, something she was an ardent supporter of? and if it is an objective contradiction how can you hold her up on a pillar of virtue as the spokesperson of objectivism? thought is not finite, it is infinitely reproducible, how can one hold title over it? how can you objectively rationalize indenturing current and future generations by artificially limiting their intellectual breath? Laihendi

It's relavent.

[QUOTE="Laihendi"] Copyright laws are immoral, and that is the only serious issue that Ayn Rand was wrong about. I will remind people that I am not inclined to answer questions that do not seem to be motivated by a desire to learn about Objectivism (an example being sammitch's question of whether I have played Bioshock).Ace6301

I am so glad i did not go on my long rant about "objectivits" collectivizingsurrealnumber5

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]how can ayn rand support mental servitude in the form of idea rights or intellectual property, something she was an ardent supporter of? and if it is an objective contradiction how can you hold her up on a pillar of virtue as the spokesperson of objectivism? thought is not finite, it is infinitely reproducible, how can one hold title over it? how can you objectively rationalize indenturing current and future generations by artificially limiting their intellectual breath? Laihendi

Yes, do you honestly think it is any more plausible to have a purely objectivist society than a communist one?

What happens rational self-interest dictates that it's better for a person to be subjective? Believing only in their own little world and justifying unethical things with their subjective reasoning.
How would a society based on objectivism deal with these people?

Hold on, so you're saying that autism doesn't exist but is actually just people who don't want to function normally and sometimes as an independent human being? There are people with autism who can't even speak, they don't chose to do so because it's too mainstream, they are literally incapable of coherent speech.metroidprime55

Why did Ayn Rand see homosexuals and the handicapped as sub human degenerates? Ace6301

to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorateThe Dictionary

Yes, do you honestly think it is any more plausible to have a purely objectivist society than a communist one?

hoola

What games do you play? 

Is south park objectionist?

moral sex requires an act of ownership performed by one person on another.Laihendi

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"]Do parents have the right to abuse their children?Laihendi

Except that abuse as a new born can negatively affect a person throughout their life, stripping them of what is rightfully theirs (their body and mind) before they even had a chance to have it. You constantly complain about your parents' money being taxed as it will hurt your inheritance, which you claim is rightfully yours even though you haven't yet recieved it. How is that not worse?

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"][QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"] You completely missed the point of those episodes then. -Sun_Tzu-

[QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"]Do parents have the right to abuse their children?PannicAtack

I honestly might bookmark this thread.

have you played bioshock?

MakeMeaSammitch

This.

On a scale of 1-10, how important is it that we defend the rights of parents to rape and murder their children?

[QUOTE="PannicAtack"]

Speaking of missing the point...

So, you've stated that in To Kill a Mockingbird, you believe that Tom Robinson was guilty all along. Given that this pretty much completely contradicts the story's central themes (i.e. innocence killed by ignorance and malice), then what exactly do you think the point of the book/film was?

Laihendi

What's immoral about copyright laws? Copyright laws prevent theft of intellectual property.Aljosa23

I am done answering questions tonight. I will answer more tomorrow.

I think you over estimate how much people care.

On a scale of 1-10, how important is it that we defend the rights of parents to rape and murder their children?

coolbeans90

On a scale of 1-10, how important is it that we defend the rights of government to rape and murder their children?

coolbeans90

[QUOTE="hoola"]

Yes, do you honestly think it is any more plausible to have a purely objectivist society than a communist one?

surrealnumber5

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"][QUOTE="hoola"]

Yes, do you honestly think it is any more plausible to have a purely objectivist society than a communist one?

-Sun_Tzu-

iirc they abolished ALL the isms

and something about still fighting over hawaii b/c greedy bastards

but its been a while

iirc they abolished ALL the isms

and something about still fighting over hawaii b/c greedy bastards

but its been a while

coolbeans90

So does objectivism make you an insufferable douche, or did being an insufferable douche lead you to objectivism?

So does objectivism make you an insufferable douche, or did being an insufferable douche lead you to objectivism?

lostrib

The only thing I remember from that episode is Dawkins f*cking Garrison

;(

[QUOTE="lostrib"]

So does objectivism make you an insufferable douche, or did being an insufferable douche lead you to objectivism?

MakeMeaSammitch

Hmm the chicken or the egg of insufferable douchiness

So does objectivism make you an insufferable douche, or did being an insufferable douche lead you to objectivism?

lostrib

Anyone else think lai probably has a sex/torture dungeon in the basement of his parents house, with ample room for ron paul and elijah wood?

iirc they abolished ALL the isms

and something about still fighting over hawaii b/c greedy bastards

but its been a while

coolbeans90

We all know that if Southpark said it then it must be true.

[QUOTE="MakeMeaSammitch"]

are you autistic?

Laihendi

You really went full retard there, didn't you?

[QUOTE="Laihendi"][QUOTE="PannicAtack"]Do parents have the right to abuse their children?Aljosa23

and its hilarious

This is becoming rather sad. How can you run a question and answer thread when you aren't answering have the questions, and the answers that you provide don't make much sense.

I see this thread going on for 20 pages, and then getting locked when Lai ragequits again.

This is becoming rather sad. How can you run a question and answer thread when you aren't answering have the questions, and the answers that you provide don't make much sense.

I see this thread going on for 20 pages, and then getting locked when Lai ragequits again.

jimkabrhel

Anyone else think lai probably has a sex/torture dungeon in the basement of his parents house, with ample room for ron paul and elijah wood?

lostrib

[QUOTE="MakeMeaSammitch"]

are you autistic?

Laihendi

There are severely autistic people who can't speak and spend all day hitting themselves. What about them?

What's wrong with altruism? As a minarchist, I see nothing wrong with helping others so long as it's voluntary.