Librarytarians rejoice, Ayn Rand hits the big screen!

[Razgovory]

I wonder why Genghis Khan is associated with conservatism.

[Eddie Teach]

Ooh, you make me mad.  What ever you do, don't stick forks in your eyeballs!  I don't think I could take it and would have to leave.

[HisMajestyBOB]

I wonder why Genghis Khan is associated with conservatism.

He was actually fairly liberal in some ways. Freedom of religion was allowed throughout his empire, as was free trade.

Now Tamerlane, he was a conqueror with few, if any, redeeming qualities.

[garbon]

Now Tamerlane, he was a conqueror with few, if any, redeeming qualities.

He gave the Byzanteens another chance had they not squandered the opportunity.

[Valmy]

He was actually fairly liberal in some ways. Freedom of religion was allowed throughout his empire, as was free trade.

Freedom of religion was a Mongol (and Turkic really) cultural trait.  It would have been bizarre and politically impossible for him to try to do otherwise as the Mongols themselves were pretty varied in that respect.

[Fate]

It has a 6% review rating on rottentomatos. Jesus fucking christ. I tend to see most movies, but this is going to be painful.

I love Roger Ebert's quote:

"Let's say you know the novel, you agree with Ayn Rand, you're an objectivist or a libertarian, and you've been waiting eagerly for this movie. Man, are you going to get a letdown..." 

[Eddie Teach]

I tend to see most movies,

No you don't. India alone produces 800 a year.

[Fate]

I tend to see most movies,

No you don't. India alone produces 800 a year.

Okay. Most movies that end up in Lubbock, Texas. 

[MadImmortalMan]

When did you go to Lubbock? You going to TT now?

[Eddie Teach]

Isn't medical school supposed to be time-consuming? 

[Norgy]

A society in which the strong can plunder and rape the weak and build a throne from their skulls is a libertarian utopia.

Now, now, that's harsh.
A librarytarian utopia has a law stating that the weak's objection to the strong's plunder and rape and building skull thrones is infringement of property rights and hinders free enterprise.

[Razgovory]

It has a 6% review rating on rottentomatos. Jesus fucking christ. I tend to see most movies, but this is going to be painful.

I love Roger Ebert's quote:

"Let's say you know the novel, you agree with Ayn Rand, you're an objectivist or a libertarian, and you've been waiting eagerly for this movie. Man, are you going to get a letdown..." 

The only good review seems to come from the New York Post.

[Tamas]

a state in which mediocrity is the goal, and high-achieving individuals the enemy

they own some copyright money to Hungary, I think.


Oh and btw, I think it is very archetypical who are the two socialist-leaning posters at the end of this thread:

Marty, member of the new aristocracy, and Norgy, a low-income guy in a welfare state.

Which shows what socialism is: the rich taking the middle class' money to pay off the poor, in order to keep them quiet.

Since "libertarian" is associated with fundamentalist bullshit like this Ryand woman, I wonder if "liberal" will ever recover it's more classical meaning. Because nowadays it is associated with social liberalism, which is of course socialists with no balls.

[Norgy]

Oh and btw, I think it is very archetypical who are the two socialist-leaning posters at the end of this thread:

Marty, member of the new aristocracy, and Norgy, a low-income guy in a welfare state.

Granted, last year I didn't exactly make a lot of money, but even copywriting in rural Norway probably pays better than doing anything at all in Hungary.

I am sorry if I touched a nerve, but it's really not my fault that you're an idiot.

[Ed Anger]

Everybody pile on the gypsy!