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Seriously. Of all the uncompromising, highly-principled characters amidst the vast depth and breadth of all English literature... why would anyone ever compare

• aaronem 13y ago
  Good eye; I thought they were referring to Network, but that's Howard Beale. No accounting for taste, eh?
• philmcc 13y ago
  I understand your point, although I wonder if there are many more characters that are "top of the shelf" reference points for highly-principled artists... curious who you would've preferred? [disclaimer: I have an undergraduate degree in English Literature, which doesn't mean ALL that much, tbh, but I've read a book or two.]
• philwelch 13y ago
  The only thing worse than making flame bait comments like this is making throwaway user accounts to do it. Please don't do this on HN. And I say this as someone who has criticized Ayn Rand numerous times on Hacker News. Just in ways that were more constructive and germane to the point.
• lotsofcows 13y ago
  I fail to understand this. Is your dislike of Rand overwhelming your ability to make a fair comparison? Roark's burning of "his" building provides the simplest example of an uncompromising act and damn-the-outcome that I can think off. Who would you use? Jesus and the money lenders? Ahab's hunt? Julius Levy killing his daughter? I can't think of anything even remotely as appropriate.