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Enrique

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12. Atlas Shrugged vs. Tolkien

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Wed Aug 15, 2012, 08:50 AM

Aug 2012

Various versions of this out there:

There are two books you can read in high school that will affect your entire life thereafter: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged.
One of these books is a far-fetched, totally unbelievable fairy tale that will stunt your emotional growth for years to come.
The other one has orcs in it.

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When I was a young man, I really wanted to explore all sorts of ways of looking at the world... [View all] WCGreen Aug 2012 OP

You got a really good education, reading all those books... CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #1

Yes. I think society would Jack Sprat Aug 2012 #2

Aw, you are too kind...Thank you! CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2012 #3

In my life experience, I have found that people who dramatically disagreed with my opinions were Ikonoklast Aug 2012 #4

Zen and the Art Jack Sprat Aug 2012 #5

A typo.... WCGreen Aug 2012 #13

When I was a young man, I went to war pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #6

We would not have gotten bogged down in Vietnam... ellisonz Aug 2012 #7

Obviously, the key is to read critically pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #8

i say guys tend to be gullible. pansypoo53219 Aug 2012 #9

Sounds like the kind of person who would be a bully. JohnnyRingo Aug 2012 #10

The setting of the game Bioshock is a futuristic Randonia. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #11

Atlas Shrugged vs. Tolkien Enrique Aug 2012 #12

I liked that the first time I read it and it still continues to provoke a smile..... WCGreen Aug 2012 #14