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To: mpackard

Haven’t read “Tuesdays with Morrie”. However, Ellsworth Toohey is perhaps the most evil character in literature. His evil is not the overt kind of a Hitler or Stalin, rather it is a like a subtle anestesia that puts the victime to sleep by killing their soul. Ayn Rand out did herself by brilliantly personifying the evils of socialism.


6 posted on 02/09/2008 8:04:54 PM PST by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: rbg81

not JUST socialism. I believe that what struck me the most was the way that he (Toohey) made mediocrity famous and virtuous. I find it so hard to put into words how frighteningly timely that concept is today.


14 posted on 02/09/2008 8:27:47 PM PST by mpackard (Proud mama of a Sailor.)
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