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15 February 2006

You treat me like property. →[More:]

post by: brainwidth at: 10:16 | 13 comments

Ah, neocons in love.

posted by matildaben 15 February | 10:21

Don't we all like to be treated like property sometimes, at least a little bit?

posted by brainwidth 15 February | 10:22

I once had a woman build a house on me and lease it out for a year... just for kicks.

posted by Capn 15 February | 10:24

Don't we all like to be treated like property sometimes, at least a little bit?

Well, I know I enjoy getting my lawn mowed, but I'm glad someone else pays the taxes.

posted by jonmc 15 February | 10:37

"combusting happiness within me"?

posted by mullacc 15 February | 10:37

Ah, mullacc, you've spotted the reference to that other great Randian analogy, the internal combustion engine. With a bit of land, a car with a humming engine, and a pack of cigarettes, you'd be just about the perfect Randian.

posted by brainwidth 15 February | 10:41

Her as Property + Him as Combustion Engine = Love Forever

posted by mullacc 15 February | 10:45

Her as Property + Her as Combustion Engine=Every Rolling Stones song written in the last 20 years.

posted by jrossi4r 15 February | 11:14

I like that he thought it was a compliment at first, like its a good thing to be treated as something you own rather than someone you love.

No wonder the world is so very badly screwed up.

posted by fenriq 15 February | 11:34

No wonder Libertarians are so screwed up: they reduce all relationships (social, political, legal, etc. ad nauseum) to property and then wonder why everybody regards them as simpleminded privileged dolts, white supremacists and authoritarians dressed up like anarchists. Sheesh.

posted by warbaby 15 February | 12:36

warbaby, you missed the ad hominem thread by a few days.

posted by knave 15 February | 18:19

fenriq, et al, I get the impression that he's joking about the "her as property" bit in that article, but I could be wrong.

posted by knave 15 February | 18:22

I told ya the LvM Institute was its own best parody.

I wouldn't assume they are neocons, however. Am I the only person in the world who knows or cares what a "neocon" really is? Oh, right, I am.

posted by kmellis 16 February | 01:53

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