This has probably been posted already, none the less:
"JIM HENSON
I think Ms. Rand and my character Oscar the Grouch would have a lot to talk about actually. I am laughing out loud at this idea.
AYN RAND
Why would I want to talk to him. What has he achieved or trying to achieve.
JIM HENSON
He has achieved what I think is the ultimate goal of your way of thinking.
JIM HENSON
Isolation. Contempt for others. A hard heart. Yet even he can muster a bit of empathy every now and then.
AYN RAND
I am not isolated. I have no contempt for others. Millions of people read my books and find my thoughts inspirational. I hardly spend my time on the sidelines in a trash can grumping.
JIM HENSON
Not yet anyway."
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Jim Henson and Ayn Rand, along with Yoko Ono and Sidney Nolan, converse on ARPANET, 1976 (via antoine-roquentin)
http://www.arpanetdialogues.net/vol-iv/3/
:lulz:
Its unfair for me to leave Yoko out as well. Though she doesn't say much, whenever she does, the abstract airy fairiy-ness of it clearly annoys the shit out of Rand, like Yoko or not that is an accomplishment to be proud of.
:lulz: Jim Henson never fails to inspire me, even after death.
This whole transcript is "fuck with Rand." And I love it.
Long gone are the days that philosophy was debated on radio and television. :(
She really was humorless, wasn't she?
This is glorious!
Quote from: Twigel on September 08, 2013, 03:22:14 PM
She really was humorless, wasn't she?
Utterly so. You should have seen us all whine in philosophy class when we had to read her while covering ethics. There's a clip of her discussing it on Phil Donohue, and it went from being okay to her completely devolving into discussion of the welfare state and Phil cutting her off.
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Quote from: Cain on September 08, 2013, 04:30:35 PM
Quote from: Suu on September 08, 2013, 02:26:19 PM
This whole transcript is "fuck with Rand." And I love it.
Long gone are the days that philosophy was debated on radio and television. :(
To be fair, they didn't have philosophy debated on radio or television when Ayn Rand was on, either.
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well played, sir.