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Author: Frank75

Apr 27th 2012 at 9:29:36 AM

Took the time to read up a bit about him.

1) He could have become a LaResistance fighter, but didn't. Instead, the kind of "resistance" he did was more like that described on WeAREStrugglingTogether. Lots of talk and nothing more.

2) In fact, while he was imprisoned by the Germans he had the opportunity to read a lot of philosophy (by the nazi sympathizer Heidegger, BTW), so his POW time essentially was CursedWithAwesome, at least for a philosopher.

3) Of course, given the fact that he was very short and almost blind on one eye, one should think that he would understand that some people can't become (war) heroes simply for lacking physical conditions. But it seems he was too reality-impaired to see that.

4) And yes, him being a Communist - [[JosephStalin a Stalinist]], to be precise - is one of my reasons to dislike him, and a good reason too.

5) He's the last person I'd take advise from, for whatever topic, but especially for becoming a hero.

6) You're comparing AynRand to Sartre? If they were alive, they would both want to kill you for that comparison.