"You said: '2nd most important book'." According to the survey referenced in the text I posted. Not my opinion.
"I'm just asking how and if you think so since you brought it up. " Because I read the text I posted and referenced it. "If you don't know and/or can't articulate why then you must not like these books either." I am not and have never articulated that it was my opinion that it was the 2nd most important book anywhere. There are some serious reading comprehension problems going on here. "In many ways, I've found Rand fans to be similar to Umberto Ecco fans: Few of them have actually read the books and those that have don't really know what to say about what they're read. I'm in the later category, except I'd never recommend Ecco. I have no idea what I read." I have read far more Ecco books than I have Rand books. I wouldn't call myself a fan of either though. "But why is it that every person I've met that recommends Rand can never tell you why it's a great book?" I didn't recommend it. The post was about private enterprise giving universities money under the stipulation of teaching Rand, specifically Atlas Shrugged. "I bet at least 100 people have recommended Rand to me and I've asked every one why and none of them could give me any real answer." I can't say I personally know 100 people who have read it. Hell, I'd be hard pressed to find 10. No one recommended it to me. I read an article about it and decided to read it. "Then I read the books and now I know why: because they suck." To each their own. "Take His Dark Materials. " No, I'd rather not. "What I don't get is why people keep trying to pretend they don't suck." Because their tastes are not your tastes and they are not pretending. It makes neither of you wrong in my opinion. "If you don't think Rand sucks I'd just be interested to hear why" That's a loaded question. From a literary stance, political importance stance, historical stance, or what? J - We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions. - Ronald Reagan You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. - Mohandas Gandhi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337931 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
