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It's not so much the sex, it's more the (pretty much) rape. Sure, there's only one rape scene in the books. There's also only one 90-page speech, and only one s
by hugh3 16y ago
It's not so much the sex, it's more the (pretty much) rape. Sure, there's only one rape scene in the books. There's also only one 90-page speech, and only one scene where the death of everybody on board a train is justified because they all just happened to have one silly political view or another. That doesn't stop these three things being at the top of my "things that annoyed me about Ayn Rand" list.
This is a shame as I agree with her on many points. I'd rather people were reading Hayek than Rand, though, he's temperamentally more sensible and less... nutty.
- dantheman 16y agoFWIW the death of the people on the train is in no way justified. It is a tragedy. However, everyone on that train was in some part responsible for the disaster due not only their political views but their actual actions.
- hugh3 16y agoI'm sure this debate has been had elsewhere at some point in the past, and I don't have the book here anyway. Whether or not the text actually callously celebrates the death of all these folks, it's still a scene which kinda creeped me out, and I'm sure a lot of other people too.
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