Jihad Comes to Harvard

Objectivist Center ^ | June 12, 2002 | Tal Ben-Shahar

[sport]

Count on it.

[metesky]

Harvard used to be a great school, although it always had a certain tone to it.

Two good high school friends of mine went there. One dropped out to enlist in the Marines and came back from Nam a captain with two silver stars. He went back to Harvard and was an All-East defensive back. Real quality kid.

I met a lot of people through him.

Damn shame what's going on there now.

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[Valin]

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[AnalogReigns]

This guy makes a lot of sense here. Unfortunately as an objectivist he is by definition an atheist--one reason he's probably been tolerated at Harvard.

Objectivism (or Randianism) dreamed up by Ayn Rand, says moral absolutes can be derived by Reason alone, which is seen as the ultimate absolute. Objectivist derision of any possibility of reality beyond our perceptions--i.e. the supernatural--allows for a rather stunted view of things, and a rather elitist view over the 95%+ of the world who are not atheist. Objectivism is almost always found at the fringe end of libertarianism.

Guys like this will throw the baby out with the bathwater--saying all religions, Christianity or Judaism notwithstanding, are irrational. Philosophically Objectivists are as Naturalistic as a Marxist--both are hard core Materialists.

[kapn kuek]

Some soft headed liberal idiots would apologize to the terrorists for "causing their suffering and giving them no other alternative" if the terrorists slit their children's throats.

Sir, you are a wordsmith excellent!

[kapn kuek]

You made my night! I hope you'll read my book when it's ready.

I'll buy it!

[Constitutional Patriot]

It seems like all of our institutions of higher learning, especially the "elite" ivy league, have fallen under the control of cultural marxists. So many of our graduating college students leave these institutions having learned little more than left-wing ideology.

Does anyone know of a college or university that is not a left-wing cess pool? I would like to know so that someday I can send my future children to a place where they will learn something of value.

[Travis McGee]

Thanks, I'll ping you when it's ready.

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[Gritty]

The most consistent message that I have heard from professors and students is that everything is relative--reality is a personal, cultural construct, and therefore there is no way to distinguish between right and wrong, moral and immoral.

I think it's time to demolish this once great institution and start over again. It's obvious it is beyond redemption and there is no hope of a quarantine.

As long as there is no such thing as "right and wrong", nobody there should object!

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