Whittaker Chambers on Ayn Rand

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Whittaker Chambers was the man who broke away from the American Communist Party in the late forties and denounced Alger Hiss as a Communist spy. He is now known to have been right (although a few Hiss defenders still exist), but at the time Hiss' numerous and highly-placed friends made him pay dearly for his courage and his willingness to defend

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[privatemaladict]

Well, now there's one book I'm never likely to read - not even out of morbid curiousity. I browsed through some websites about Ayn Rand, and slogged through some of the basic FAQs. Above all, I found it all unimaginably boring. How anyone could ever find any passion to follow this stuff is beyond me. Some of it sounds almost sensible - to such an extent, that you have to wonder why anyone needs to write a book or create a "philosophy" about it. As for the rest, it seems to be an attempt to justify - well, what, I'm not entirely sure. A rather dull existance, as far as I can tell. (And now that I've checked up on it, I'm pretty sure that at least one person I know must be a Rand follower. It's just the sort of utter tripe she'd find incredibly interesting.) Yawn. Her characters sound like Mary Sues. Someone should spork them.

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Out of curiousity, what does "spork" mean? I am still coming across fandom words I do not understand...

[privatemaladict]

Well, I got the word from deleterius, a community dedicated to making fun of Mary Sues in Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings fanfiction. Basically, to "spork" something means to take the piss out of it, using a basic template, with things such as CulpritAuthor Name, Sue Name, Sue species, annoying characteristics, annoying special abilities, etc.

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And that reminds me, Natalie... a photo of you in that Mary Sue costume would count as a very welcome Christmas gift. 8-)

[rfachir]

Spork:
http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/spork.jpg
Not exactly for cutting something's liver out with a spoon, but very nearly.