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Old 03-19-2006, 04:18 PM   #89
MaggieL
in the Hour of Scampering
 
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Originally Posted by marichiko
Ms. Rand would have mailed back the penny she stole from a dear, little, white haired 86 year old lady in a heartbeat and spent the money on postage herself.
Somehow I don't think I'll rely on you as an authority on "WWARD?"...I don't use hostile speculations on Rand's hypothetical behavior in a as a guide for my own. And if you really insist on overlooking the inherent contradiction in "because of your belief in objectivist principles, you should be glad to pay for delivering to me the money I beleive you owe me", I can't stop you.

Tacitly assuming that Rand would believe that the penny in question had been stolen *by her* is a nice bit of question-begging...but not terribly subtle.
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Originally Posted by marichiko
Has this little tiff become absurd enough for you yet?
Why, are you planning to inject more absurdity? You needn't bother; I've been ignoring it for about a week now, and intend to do so for at least another week.

Also, tw can stop trying to bait me into paying attention to his ranting again; we've reached the usual equilibrium state where I ignore him and he claims victory as a result...this happens on a regular basis. Engaging tw is always a boring and pointless enterprise; one can only tremble in awe of the energy driving his obsessions.

Or yawn.
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