I guess I missed it when you said this same thing to those posters (including Guin) who said that I would be a bad father and it’s good that my job would keep me away from her. Yep, that post of yours must’ve just escaped my notice.
I guess I missed your post when you said this same thing to those posters (including Guin) who said things to me that were calculated to hurt with no regard for truth. Yep, that post of yours must have just escaped my notice.
Show me one post that was just as calculated and cold please.
As battles of wits go, this is a pillowfight.
Then you must be ashamed of your failure with Weird With Words, because he is certainly a credit to you. 
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Rand Rover, I’m glad that your child brings you joy, and I can only hope that she brings you half the joy that mine has brought to me.
That said, the title of “Most Beautiful Creature That Ever Pooped on the Planet” has been held by one Mistress Michaela [-99] for several years now. I have been successful in training her to stop pooping (directly) on the planet for quite some time, however, and if you feel that Young Mistress Rover would like to have it, I am prepared to relinquish the title (and its accompanying citation and genuine bronze-plated loving cup) for a consideration, the value of which can be negotiated at some later pont in time.
(I’d offer to give it to you for nothing, but, you know, that might violate your view of the transactional nature of all that is of value. I don’t wish to subject you to too much cognitive dissonance. I’m sure luci will be more than glad to expound upon the dangers of THAT.)
As a dad, my hope for you is that eventually you grow out of the need to “give back as good as you get” in time to teach your daughter the value of non-escalation (even if only as a tactical tool). FTR, I felt (and feel) that the posts that cast aspersions on your ability to have a healthy relationship with your daughter were unfair, not only because they perpetuated a stereotype that has by no means been justified, but because they were apparently motivated by the dislike you have earned in your short time here. That said, I found the viciousness of your responses to Guin (particularly the second one) to be disproportionate; and quite frankly, it leaves me unimpressed with you.
I’m pretty sure I can anticipate the response that last bit inspires in you. Here, let me save you the trouble. :rolleyes:
You know, I looked over all Guin’s posts in this thread to see what she said that might have justified your attack on her, and the only thing I could find remotely related to you as a father is this, in post #192:
You rail against others twisting and willfully misinterpreting your words. Where do you get from what Guin said that she thinks you are a bad father and it’s good that you’re away from your daughter? Sure, she thinks you’re a son of a bitch, and she says she would prefer her father, who made less money but spent time with her, to you. Not {{{hugz}}} by any means, but not saying you “would be a bad father and it’s good that my job would keep me away from her,” which warrants the hateful shit you said to her. Try reading for comprehension next time before you vomit vitriol on someone for imagined slights.
I think you owe Guin an apology.
If RR’s psyche is as screwed up as the persona that posts here, have mercy on that child.
And if RR’s psyche is as screwed up as the person who pretends to have the persona that posts here, have mercy on that child.
My Dad was the saving grace in my life – funny, compassionate, encouraging. I hope those of you guys who have daughters will take the time to form that bond of trust with her. I can’t tell you how much difference in can make in how she sees herself.
RR, do you just need a place to let off steam or are you really filled with this much venom? That kind of attitude can be toxic to a child. It can’t be any great thing to hold Ayn Rand’s philosophy (or anyone else’s) and be this hostile or contemptuous. If it’s not working for you to make you contented and more centered and peaceful, why cling to those ideas?
Only dirty fucking hippies aim for contented, centered, and peaceful when smug and self-satisfied can be had.
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I hate to interrupt the flame fest for a serious question, but I’d like to gently probe Rand Rover on his views.
Now when you went to Law School, did you receive any assistance whatsoever from your parents? Did you receive a scholarship or financial aid? Or did you raise all the funds entirely through your own efforts?
I think it’s pretty self evident that we can’t all be Tax Attorneys. And realistically, not everybody can have recession proof jobs (although this thread has established that not even Tax Attorneys are exempt from this recession). It’s may be a cliche, but the world needs ditch diggers too. We can’t all be millionaires, we can’t all be CEOs. Even if 100% of people worked their asses off 16 hours a day, there’s only a limited number of slots for top jobs. It seems kind of… well, mean spirited the way you turn your nose up at people who have lesser jobs. Even more so, at people who have lowly jobs who are desperately trying as hard as they can to improve themselves.
More idiocy. I’m spewing venom because venom is being spewed at me (even in your post, which strongly implies that I and anyone else who likes Rand’s ideas would not be good at raising a child). The venom has nothing to do with Rand’s ideas.
I have never done this. Post one example if you disagree.
You’re right, it is mostly about personality. I’m sure that if a gentle, generous, and warm hearted Objectivist were here to represent those views, they might well be argued in a more positive light. Send one along right smartly, won’t you?
I’m sure that would be impossible given the subjective nature of the analysis.
The vultures would circle that poster just like they’ve circled around me.
Wait there’s poison dart frogs on that tree!
Crap someone get some antidote.
Humor me.
Reading back a couple of pages and quoting posts is hard on a blackberry. It would be easier for you to start reading on page 6 or som and loook especially for posts from Guin, Duke, and Bryan Ekers.
Ah! Well, carry on, then.
I don’t have a direct quote from you “I turn my nose up at you people!” But it’s the overrall tone of your posts that give that impression. If you’d be willing to at least commiserate at least a little bit with people instead of chastising them for their previous bad decisions, you’d win more friends.
It may interest you to know that I started reading The Fountainhead, I’m a couple chapters in. I’ve heard so much about Ayn Rand that I thought I’d read it from the horses mouth.
I can’t pretend to know much about Objectivism, but my impression is that it says in a nutshell there is no “society”, there’s only individuals. However, I think that’s a completely misguided notion. No human being on Earth exists independently, but only in relation to other humans. Even the most self reliant hunter-gatherer hermit was an infant at some point and was taken care of by somebody.
99% of us are not self reliant hunter gatherers. What point am I getting at? Every morsel of food that you eat, every gallon of gasoline that you put in your car, every kilowatt hour of energy you use to power your computer to type these posts, comes from the generosity of someone else. You may think you exist on your own, but in truth you do not.
Oh yeah, you didn’t answer my question about where you got the money to go to law school.