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Dear Jayb.,

As for gender neutral language?

It doesn't really affect me. I had fun on this discussion.
Coming up with things to make people laugh - pointing
out the humour in some words. However - I tend to use
words appropriate to the situation. If someone wants to
be called a "Ms" instead of "Miss" or "Mrs" I'll happily
oblige them or use their first name if I know it. -I
take each situation as it comes. And deal with it
accordingly. I think most of us do that. It's not a big
deal to me. Our language changes all the time and words
that we don't use - often drop off after a while and are
replaced with new ones.

ALTRAV,

Ayn Rand still has a huge following, particularly
in the US so you're not alone in expressing your admiration.
Many top businessmen and politicians name her as an
influence which makes sense as they're people who venerate
their own needs over everyone else's.

Those of us who tend to take the side of the under dog and
have a keen sense of injustice - she's not our cup of tea.

And that's all right. Afterall - a philosophy, like any
theory is only a road map, and a road map can never be
more than a thumbnail sketch of the reality it represents,
a rough approximation with nearly all of the details, texture,
subleties, and ambigueties omitted.

Have a nice day.

Posted by Toni Lavis, Monday, 13 August 2018 10:17:11 PM

"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
- John Rogers

Answer- I think Toni Lavis made your point for you Altrav. I guess Toni Lavis must be a doctor and he needs a hug.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rogers_(writer)

CM, sorry didn't get very far with your link.
On the matter of Toni L.
I am not attune to sarcasm, so I was not quite sure what he meant, because I also don't have much to do with children or their paraphernalia.
So it is that I do not know what an 'Orc' is.
And so it followed that his point was wasted on me and as good as if he had said nothing at all.
Whatever was the intent of his comment, it failed miserably, as I did not understand it, thinking, it must be some new-age speak, in which case it wasn't intended for me anyway.
It would be nice if he would stick to topic instead of picking 'fights' with all and sunder.

I have a confession. I have never read anything by Ayn Rand, or George Orwell's 1984. They're Novels, Story's. As my wife says when I watching a Warrie on TV & I make comments about the action, "It's only a Movie."

Why do people make such a big deal out of these things. It's only a story.

Philosophy is Navel Gazing by someone who thinks they're important. Their opinion an things are no more or les valid than yours or mine.