Fountainhead Roark/Dominique- She's So High

[qwurtle]

Lice and parasites are too kind a description. At least they keep their host alive.

[CaninAble]

Just read the damn book. Kay?

[zackymcbrain]

Ayn Rand was an advocate of rape as well.

[CaninAble]

@zackymcbrain fuck off tard

[theironworker781]

The wealthy gain their wealth off the sweat of the public. They rig the gov't to enable their greed.

[CaninAble]

@theironworker781 No, we ALLOW them. Enable them.

[zackymcbrain]

"Rand also believed that the scientific consensus on the dangers of tobacco was a hoax. By 1974, the two-pack-a-day smoker, then 69, required surgery for lung cancer. And it was at that moment of vulnerability that she succumbed to the lure of collectivism."-Joshua Holland, Alternet

[zackymcbrain]

"She opposed democracy on the grounds that 'the masses'—her readers—were 'lice' and 'parasites' who scarcely deserved to live."-Johann Hari

Chances are, Rand hated you too. Even all of her followers abandoned her before her death. She got Medicare and Social Security under an assumed name because she couldn't afford healthcare out of pocket.

[zackymcbrain]

"Ayn Rand is one of America's great mysteries. She was an amphetamine-addicted author of sub-Dan Brown potboilers, who in her spare time wrote lavish torrents of praise for serial killers and the Bernie Madoff-style embezzlers of her day."-Johann Hari

I guess he's a weenie too. A real man hates the poor and sucks rich dick, eh?

[zackymcbrain]

Ayn Rand on Arabs: "almost totally primitive savages...”

[cadfog]

You Libertarian fucks need to spew your toxic, anti-public swill in Flint or Watts or some other disaffected area. Let's see who the "weenies" are then. You're outnumbered assholes. Most people do not relate to your pro-rich/anti-poor swindle. Rand hated the less fortunate, and so do you. If I were you, I'd keep that to myself. The poor kids in Chi-Town are already getting tired of your shit.

[cadfog]

"After throwing his elaborate fete for himself, Schwarzman -- who is said to make $400 million a year, and made $600 million when his company went public -- compared Barack Obama to Hitler for even considering rolling back his carried-interest exemption, which, again, allows him to pay 15% taxes while some of the rest of us pay twice that or more."-Matt Taibbi

[cadfog]

"But if you want to see a real asshole, you have to somehow get invited to things like the $5 million birthday party of another guy on Sirota's list, private equity creep Steven Schwarzman."

[cadfog]

"That the Tea Party and their Republican allies in congress have so successfully made government workers with their New Deal benefits out to be the kulak class of modern America says a lot about the unique brand of two-way class blindness we have in this country. It's not just that the rich don't know the poor exist, and genuinely think a half a million a year is 'not a lot of money,' as one 'compensation consultant' told the New York Times after the crash."-Matt Taibbi

[CaninAble]

@theironworker781 You're an idiot and I'll prove it if you still have enough of a nut still hanging to accept reality, (let alone conquer your deplorable weeniness.) One look at your profile makes me go, "Aw fuck why did I bother?"

[cadfog]

@CaninAble-Capitalism run amok is what's deplorable. Rand thought the majority of people to be "lice." She was a serial killer groupie. But you Rand fans are all affluent whites, aren't you? Or you at least aspire to be wealthy, which will likely not happen to you without being born into wealth. Where are her black and Latino followers? Her poor and working class followers? You follow a Satanic ideology, one that worships decadence and hatred for the vulnerable.

[CaninAble]

@cadfog Phht! Nahh...I just am able to see the society of snivellers that YOUR racist agenda creates. She has few, if any, black/latino followers because they are cognizant that their illegal entitlements are precisely the parasitism she wrote about.

You seem to have missed the fact that Capitalism is not at fault(you commie), but Satanism and Usury at the top of ALL "isms". When the welfare cheques don't buy you so much as a sandwich, maybe you'll get it.

[theironworker781]

@CaninAble-I won't walk away from being called a socialist. Socialism saves, capitalism kills, which is why your uniquely caucasian ass worships the Satanic whore known as Ayn Rand. You want wealth at the expense of others. You hate the poor. You hate working people. Satanism is very Objectivist. Anton Lavey was a fan of Ayn Rand. You hate blacks, hispanics, immigrants. Therefore you worship Ayn Rand. She thought humanity to be lice.

[CaninAble]

@theironworker781 "You want wealth at the expense of others." It seems that you skimmed through to the 'conquest' scene. So, maybe read the damn book before brain-farting your way to electing your Next Dictator, okay? Super.

[theironworker781]

Rand's views were shit, toxic crud for humanity.

[TheCranberry7]

The movie seems like it's going to be shit. The actor for Roark is the WRONG PERSON! I wish I had known that before I bought it off of amazon..... Crap.

[ramatheson]

Fuck yeah. I love what you wrote at the end of your description, about your selfish ability to do so. I JUST finished The Fountainhead about two hours ago. I've not seen the movie and don't think I will. I've never found a book that described love on such a deep, true, and genuine level.

[notbestfriends]

The highest tribute to Ayn Rand, abundantly in evidence here, is that her critics must distort everything she stood for in order to attack her. She advocated reason, not force; the individual's rights to freedom of action, speech, and association; self-responsibility, NOT self-indulgence; and a live-and-let-live society in which each individual is treated as an END, not the MEANS of others' ends. How many critics would dare honestly state these ideas and say, " . . .and that's what I reject"?

[SculptedThoughts]

The first time I read the Fountainhead, I was seriously alarmed by the similarities in between Dominique and myself. It still amazes me today, every time I go back and re-read the book. I understand that most Objectivists prefer Dagny to Dominique, and Kira to Dominique and Karen to Dominique...

But I would be evading reality if I tried to refute the obvious connection.

I only wish Ayn Rand were still alive. I'd love to ask her about her inspiration for this particular character.

[TheGoalSetter]

Rand was great at building up sexual tension, but Rand's climax scenes seem so damn close to rape.

[CaninAble]

Puts me in the drilling mood every time.

[itsme127]

@snapesoul

@MichaelDinaswirled

shucks thanks guys, just calling it as i see it =)

[MichaelDinaswirled]

THANK YOU !!! I STILL HAVENT SEEN THE MOVIE BUT READ EVERYTHING TEN TIMES when i was a kid! That was excellent - the one Happy Rape scene ! Bless

[itsme127]

i dont think she is meant to be portrayed a victim in this scene either. she is only a victim in so far as she falls for him. And here she is, at least in the book, fighting for survival. because loving him is submission, thus she tries to destroy him and fight against it. this is both of them fighting for themselves independently whilst simultaneously giving in. it has to be a struggle or its worthless. it has to be horrific to be wonderful. its so fantastically self destructive of her.

[SnapeSoul]

@itsme127 Good lord, I have to say again--absolutely brilliant. I wish I had a proper comeback speech, but you have me absolutely floored. Wow. A brilliant analysis--on youtube, no less! :D

[CaninAble]

@itsme127 ...Excellent synopsis there, stranger. One cannot expect passion without the deepest personal sacrifices made to attain it.

[theironworker781]

@itsme127-She was self-destructive yet collected gov't benefits as she was dying of lung cancer. She was a hypocrite. A greedy, selfish, misanthrope.

[itsme127]

i think to classify Roark as a rapist and Dominique as raped is to undermine both their characters. and their connection. technicalities and realism are irrelevant. they have a total mutual understanding. they know what each other wants and desires. Dominique wanted it BECAUSE it was forced, she HAD to fight to want it. and he knew that - it doesn't matter how or that it wouldn't be possible, he's kind of bordering on super human anyway.

[MichaelDinaswirled]

@itsme127 WONDERFUL EXPLANATION you are the Boss!

[gmansduc]

I like "She's so High". However, the song itself is completely opposed to the very principals Ayn wrote about in The Fountainhead. Not the best choice...

[mscoyote50]

I meant How could anyone watching this NOT "think" he's a rapist - sorry

[Omgsome1just]

deffinetly not the characters i would have chosen if i wrote that novel... howard looks like the total opposite of the person he is supposed to represent and the novel described dominique as alot more cold, and obedient, and she had longer hair. in short she did wut she was supposed to do...

[waketheoblivious]

This movie is a glorified version of the old "you can be Godsssssssss" speech first hisssssssssed in the garden. Man did not create fire for light, he created it for warmth and he certainly did not get shunned by others for providing a means of keeping warm. Rand used a method of writing called "speed writing" and it involved channeling a demonic spirit just like Aleister Crowley did to write his Satanic Masterpiece, The Book of Law. Rand was a Satanist and your oblivious an oblivious Nazi.

[waketheoblivious]

Top 10 Things Satanists Enjoy: 1. Savoring the endorphine laden blood of a stolen child 2. Reading Atlas Shrugged & Satanic Bible 3. Relishing in the facial expressions of murdered molested child 4. Re-read Atlas Shrugged & Satanic Bible 5. Secret Society Meetings Evoking Satan 6. Reading Atlas Shrugged & Satanic Bible 7. Stomp to death neighbors whimpering puppies 8. Reading Atlas Shrugged & Satanic Bible 9. Eating from toilet, flushing dead puppies 10. Reading Atlas Shrugged

[SnapeSoul]

@waketheoblivious Atlas Shrugged "preaches" NO violence of any sort--casting it in a desperate and cruel glow. So, let me guess, you're another numbskull who never read Atlas Shrugged. You have an obligation to read it, consider it, and understand it, before you run your mouth on a page teeming with Ayn Rand fans. I can't speak intelligently with someone who is unwilling to meet me halfway or see any reason whatsoever.

[danielngayla]

I read Fountainhead .. The "hero" is a rapist.

[CaninAble]

@danielngayla Lying fuckin doofus.

[CaninAble]

@danielngayla Troll-poop.

[SnapeSoul]

@danielngayla Reread The Fountainhead, and try the analysis part again. ;P I have to admit I am not a huge fan of the heroes in most of Ayn Rand's books, although We the Living is an exception, but this is for personal, characterization critiquing reasons, and have nothing to do with rape.

[heatmourning33]

@SnapeSoul I think Roark was a rapist. Just reread it with the pretense that Dominique was not a willing participant. Unless Rand is giving Roark super human powers, the power to read minds, then Roark couldn't have known for sure what she wanted. If you think that's not a rapist then any rapist could use the Roark defense, and some could be genuine, doesn't mean they aren't a rapist. And I know it's fiction but that's my analysis.

[SnapeSoul]

@heatmourning33 I agree that on the surface, it appears that Roark is a rapist. However, he wouldn't have needed the ability to read minds to notice her attraction to him--it was painfully obvious on both sides. She knew what he wanted, and that he was going to get it, the same way he knew. She also did not resist him, and socially, silence is implied consent. His act was one of domination, and her refusal to participate was a refusal to submit to him. This is why he is accused of rape.

[SnapeSoul]

@heatmourning33 If she had reacted to his touch without the suppression of her feelings--as I believe she did later--it would not have been called rape, at all. I agree that legally it was "rape," and at best perhaps not explicitly consensual sex. But the fact that she would not have even once considered taking him to court over it rather implies that it was something deeper than personal invasion, and that they both knew it. So, to outsiders, it might be rape. To them, it is a power struggle.

[heatmourning33]

@SnapeSoul When I read it I was thinking it's only rape if the person being raped thinks it is. So strictly speaking I don't think it was a rape. But Roark acted like a rapist and Dominique acted like a woman being raped. They had only exchanged a few words and glaces before their meeting so if we think of them as really being people we can see that Roark is a potential rapist.

[heatmourning33]

@SnapeSoul I'm sure there have been some real Roarks that got it wrong, if she wanted Ayn Rand could written the book where all the exact same things are said but Dominique is a true rape victim. It doesn't really matter though. I both loved and hated the book. I kind of wish Dominique would have been left out of the book altogether the whole thing between her and Roark seemed so false to me. But if that was the case I guess there wouldn't have been much of a book.

[SnapeSoul]

@heatmourning33 I definitely agree with you there, it could easily have been rape with just a few tiny shifts in the writing. But I don't think there are any real Roarks at all, come to think of it. Or Dominiques...the characters are a bit too flat, imo. It seemed less false and more unemotional to me...almost like one of Nolan's films. Did you think Atlas Shrugged had a better relationship dynamic? Other than in We the Living, I found emotions to be practically absent.

[heatmourning33]

@SnapeSoul Nah I didn't like the relationships in Atlas Shrugged either, haven't read the other one. What I really like about her books is that the "heros" have some really great moments. Like I'll remember a conversation between Henry Cameron and Roark, just out of the blue, and have to reread the book. Some parts I hate though, I swear every time she uses the word "simply" I feel like I'm gonna throw up. lol now that I think of it I hate parts of even my favorite books.

[SnapeSoul]

@heatmourning33 Oh, I definitely agree with you. I think the book is more of a philosophical discussion between the heroes, with the female characters playing lesser roles plot-wise. Haha, I know, right? She reuses words quite often, as do most authors. xP Cameron and Roark did have some interesting conversations....would you say you in general agree with Ayn Rand? I always wonder...it's so difficult to find her supporters these days. There seems to be an ignorant social stigma against her work.

[heatmourning33]

@SnapeSoul I would say no, to agreeing with Rand in general. I think everyone living for their own selfish purposes leads to anything like she imagines in her books. See the game bioshock, it plays on that idea. As far as her supporters there are plenty of them. The tea party has many, I've seen pictures of them carrying Atlas Shrugged signs, libertarians, the cato institute, plus plenty of people who aren't affiliated with any groups.

[SnapeSoul]

@heatmourning33 There are many take away messages I agree with, but I do think the failure would be akin to that of communism if put into practice. ;) Haha, I have played that game actually--I tend to play too many--and the basis drawn from Rand's works is amusing. I've also heard Terry Goodkind mentions Ayn Rand's works a lot, so I'm inclined to check her works out. Must they all be extremists? That would explain why I haven't met many...I tend to veer the opposite way socially. ;P

[SnapeSoul]

@SnapeSoul Wow, *his.

[heatmourning33]

@SnapeSoul Well don't take too much away from what I'm saying. I'm far from being an intellectual. I've read the books in the Harry Potter and Ender's Game series more times than all the other books I've read altogether, which is a fair amount, but it shows my priorities are more for entertainment value than educational value when I read. I think I've read the Fountainhead 3 times though, so I decided I know it well enough to comment about Roark's rapist tendencies lol.

[SnapeSoul]

@heatmourning33 Heyyyy, reading and understanding the Fountainhead 3 times puts you on the timeline for intellectualism, sorry. xP I've actually lost count of how many times I've reread Harry Potter...and Ender's Game wasn't too bad, either. Rapist tendencies...you know, that would have spiced the book up a bit, if she had played on that theory. Though to be fair it was long enough as is.

[heatmourning33]

@SnapeSoul Ender's game is so good. I have it on audio book and listen to it at work all the time, seriously at a rate of two times per month all year, so I know it by heart now. And I haven't finished a Harry Potter book in 6 months which will be the longest I've gone since I was 15, Ender's Game books and youtube are distracting me too much. I don't think I'll read the Fountainhead again, Dominique was too annoying for me the last time, plus Rand's writing in general annoys me.

[mscoyote50]

@heatmourning33 How could anyone watching this NOT this he's a rapist? She wanted it? It makes me sick. And I think Rand's entire philosophy of selfishness leads exactly to this kind of behavior - in relationships and in life in general.

[hhippypeace]

@danielngayla

HAHAHA!!!!! XD i know! i said the same thing! but my friend told me it wasn't rape because she liked it..... :P i don't no but it took me about a week to get over it... it's just... odd.  :)

[avatardivine10]

@danielngayla have u read the book ..... then u comment he is not a rapist ;p and in this video she wants to be {.....} u know wat ?? k

[CaninAble]

Jeez, Snape. That was beautiful!!!!!!!

[danielngayla]

I find it amazing how you can excuse away this rapist (the character) because you like the book.

[CaninAble]

@danielngayla I find it amazing you that you can type, but not READ.

[freudzwetdream]

Rest in Peace Patricia.

[JoeyPencils]

R.I.P. PN...awesome movie

[rlf1967]

NOW THATS A SEXY WOMAN IN ANY ERA !!!!

[AlexB1001]

The highest rating comments are both highly idiotic. Respect to the poster of this video. The Fountainhead is one of the most wonderful books ever. And Ayn Rand is a genius.

[fifirockefeller]

Oooooooh the CLOTHES!

[kazarine80]

She stole mine too.

[zavreio]

Loved the book... but the actors cast as Dominique or Roark don't look like the parts they should've played.

[Omgsome1just]

@zavreio wish they could make a new movie for it, created the way the book describes it cuz everything in this movie looks cheap, like its designed to take people's munny away, very ironic to the themes of the story

[shellzzie]

i so want more....grrrr......havent seen the movie..but i will

[Williyf]

"I don't own the book Fountainhead and I don't own the movie adapted from it. I don't own the song. I simply own the selfish ability that enabled me to make this video."

Ayn Rand would have wanted you to not break the copyright laws that actually protect the intellectual property.

[JlNXX]

@Williyf Thats a tough one willy. because snape has also created something of a compilation, which could be considered art . it's no different than using a pic of the statue of david in say a magazine. what defines his virtue is that he claims no ownership over the original media used.

[SnapeSoul]

@Williyf I have not broken any copyright laws, actually--look them up. If anything, this video is generating more interest and causing others to pick up her books and read.

[MarceloNunesPOA]

@Williyf I don't think the author of Atlas Shrugged would be so worry about the burocracy of copyright issues, specially on these Internet days. She'd love to be credited -- that I am sure -- but if she was still alive she certainly would be one step ahead all of us about all these legal issues that the new tecnologies brought to our world.

[JoeyPencils]

does anyone remember seeing a FH music video where they ran the last scene backwards? if so what was the song

[AZNgamerX800]

U gonna get raped

[CaninAble]

@AZNgamerX800 YouTube has it's uses. You are not one of them.

[2010ebby]

i love it

[gbrlhppr]

I love the comments at the end of the vid. I know where you're coming from. Ayn didn't steal my soul. She helped me see that my "soul" belonged to me alone, and it was up to me to find happiness through hard-fought personal achievement.

[gbrlhppr]

Sweet. This is the first time I've heard this song and felt the woman it was directed at actually deserved it. Too bad Atlas Shrugged isn't a movie yet. This would have worked even better with Dagny.

[bijay12345678]

Dominique is the greatest character on the fountainhead , out of all .

[m2sbsahib]

that scene at the quarry, Roark was supposed to be in his twenties, the dude in the vid looks in 40s

[computermike100]

Very well done, you see true beauty in truth, in life, in art, in words, in film, in man, in woman

[academiccuriosity]

I'm kind of amazed at how people think the song choice and lyrics are inappropriate. Rand herself said that her husband was her highest value and his love and life were more important to her than her own. That's the whole point of the love story between these two - they love to hate and hate to love. It's contrast and juxtaposition. This vid is amazing.

[GForce12345]

If you knew anything about Objectivism, you would realize that you are wrong. He may have been her highest value, but she can only experience that value through herself.

[wiffleone]

can't help but notice the Russian motifs all the way through: the dark black and white scenes. a woman slapping a day laborer with a whip who is frustrated from his nonchalance. This scene could easily have been filmed around a farm, Neal being the wealthy farmer's wife. Cooper, the brawny farmhand.

[pookiehohn]

The Drill = Howard's Penis

[jbahadur10]

Nor would he think such travesties as "what could a guy like me ever really offer?"

[jbahadur10]

This is not a good choice of song.

Roark would not be imagining that Dominique was so high above him.

[hayesism]

Yeah I really liked this vid, because I thought it was so inappropriate. Musically as well as lyrically. I thought it was supposed to be ironic and I was laughing the whole way through, and annoyed by the end when I realised it was intended in earnestness.

[SugarMagnolia20]

I'm pretty sure it has to do with literally seeing her above him, not a metaphorical thing.

[Objectivist2112]

Great job!

[crimsonflame123]

What a perfect blend of the song and picture. Thanks for uploading!

[redxgrey]

This book is a masterpiece. I love the video too, great job.

[spe4kfr34ly]

manages to attract attention is that she is not what her appearance first would imply. that's all. she's a beautiful, spoiled brat, that is not stupid, she's actually not, but that's no grounds for all the worship she was given by everyone.

[spe4kfr34ly]

dominique francon, without her money, would not have the opporutnity to appear to others as grand as she does. she only makes an impression because 1) she's exceedingly beautiful; 2) her beauty is embellished by the luxurious and decadent style her (guy francon's) money can afford her; 3) the only reason she

[Dhaataaram]

Wouldn't the truly objectivist way to make this video have been to purchase the rights to use the music and the movie, rather than taking and using them without offering the makers anything in return for their labor? Ayn Rand's philosophy is not "selfishness makes it okay," you know.

[LBRTRN89]

read "Against Intellectual Monopoly" it will destroy any idea of copyrights you may have in fact read anything by the Austrians when it comes to economics.

[edhoefer]

You nailed it.

[mdenaclara]

Agreed. Roark and Dominique are unforgettable.

[frecklescan]

awesome! i know very few people who have read let alone understand the book.

[Milanstevan]

Cook mixing of music with a important celluloid version of a masterpiece in literature and philospohy

[youdontknowme789]

IMO, Neal fir Dominique nearly perfectly.

No one can play Roark. Not even close.

[powrboy77]

the fountainhead could make a badass movie

[isthisnaemtaken]

One can be rational in every aspect in life, excpet love.

[xelenty]

I think you can.. But I understand it can be problematic:)

[macattack200285]

sacrilege

[xthecolorofmyenvy]

I hate how people take a classic like The Fountainhead and butcher it with popular songs created 60+ years later.

[HighlandFreePress]

Sweet

[MarinaHLee]

The song choice for the video is a tad ironic, but I love the images! =D Dominique rules!

[Isabella8466]

Rand had sex with Branden not as a loving experience but one of complete, "theatrical performance."

Her emotional lack was ever present in her novels and behavior.

Rand is a great study of the modernism period, writing, architecture, design, clothing, attitudes.

[highonhayek]

Deep bro.

[tomdownes1]

"Her emotional lack was ever present..." Wrong. For those readers who connect with the main characters, the books are very emotional indeed.

[freesk8]

I love Rand, but her views on sex were really twisted. This was a rape, and her women are really conflicted about sex. Sex should not be about defilement. It should be an expression of love and passion. It should be something two people share, not something one does to another, or something the woman submits to and feels dirty or guilty about.

And this song has such low self esteem in the lyrics!

[howweuse]

Eh, Dominique did have a bit of a submission thing going on, but in Atlas Shrugged the sex is less about defilement than joy. It's just pleasure; society's what made it evil. I don't think any of the women have ever felt guilty about anything, although submission and dirtiness were a pretty big part of the first rape bit.

[x4812k]

agreed. ayn rand did have twisted sexual views. probably fear.

[GeneralGrievous117]

nah, she was saying it was a physcological thing of dominance over the person, and taking all their achievements, and conquering them. but yeah, she does have a strange view on something so simple =P

[sixchip]

Ayn Rand loved men. She was not afraid to give herself to a man. there is nothing wrong with that.

[edhoefer]

You have a lot to learn about women.

[purpleisrad]

i love the fountainhead, not this movie, but the fountainhead is great. this is a sin in its name, sorry

[EntertainedWatcher]

I love her, but i'd never want to watch that movie.

LoL, it's funny how this is a fucking pop song that's playing on the raido; yet, somehow, it fits.

[Egoist1957]

I LOVE IT!!! 5/5 stars, brilliant, it's like a Fountainhead ship movie.

Howard/Dominique...hmm...Homin­ique? Domard or Doward? What do you think?

[LilacBiya]

Dayum! Nice vid. I'm reading this book right now for the first time. I plan on reading the Spark Notes and watching the movie once I am through. Do you have any other suggestions as to what I can read up on in regards to this book or any others?

[gergsar]

We the Living - by Ayn Rand

[LilacBiya]

Thank you :) I actually just finished that book a few weeks ago. Also a great book yet very sad.

[edhoefer]

Atlas Shrugged

[Ciada91]

Great vid ...it's so Norma Desmond, drama queen.

[funnyaccent]

the coolest, best video i've seen in a while

[Boscovius]

If you like Ayn Rand, you'll love Ron Paul.

[YtothemuddafukinT]

So, were there no attractive actresses in hollywood when this was made? I recall Dominique being described as tall and slender with a great set of 'taters by rand. SO what the hell is this?

[USCGAST]

I want a relationship founded in sado-masochistic struggles void of intimacy and affection. No sarcasm. A real tangible struggle is much more romantic than simple surrender coated with glossy sentimentalization. :)

[givehimdanger]

yeah, i totally want to have a relationship founded in masochistic struggles void of intimacy and affection.

[SnapeSoul]

:D It is not what you think, my friend.

I would love to explain it in depth, but I simply don't have the room with such limited characters.

Thanks for commenting. ^_^

[pretorious700]

@givehimdanger Well, the whole point is people should be free to have such a relationship, and you are free not to.

[CaninAble]

@givehimdanger I gotta chime in here. This video MOVES me, because I read the goddamn book. Are you people fucking stupid? The movie was made from a BOOK. If you haven't READ the book, shut up with your presumptions and dump your politically correct shitballs on your own property.

[arokstone]

Superb!

[Astyanax9]

Are you also a fan of Atlas Shrugged? I liked both that and The Fountainhead. Fascinating - I'm tempted to see if I can find the movie now, I feel like the song fit the characters amazingly well.

[SnapeSoul]

Yes, I'm a fan of Rand in general. ^_^ You should most definitely see the movie! Not b/c it's good (honestly, it just makes the book look so much better ;P) but because it's one of those old black and white movies that have an air of nostalgia. ;P

Have you read Anthem or any other of Rand's books?

[CaninAble]

@SnapeSoul Wow, yeah! The ideal posed by the song is more befitting of Dagny Taggart, if you think about it. Thanks.

[mission2marsden]

@SnapeSoul I have read Anthem, Atlas Shrugged, and The Fountainhead, but this one is my favorite out of all three. :) Anthem was second favorite.

Ayn Rand is brilliant.

[SnapeSoul]

@mission2marsden The Fountainhead is definitely my second favorite! :D However, We the Living captured my soul in a way no other book could--probably due to my Russian background. :D You should read that one as well, if you like.

[mission2marsden]

@SnapeSoul I was considering it.

I've read so many summaries about it that I basically know the whole story BUT. I would like to read it. :)

I'm currently reading The Canterbury Tales right now so I will read it next. :P

[CaninAble]

@mission2marsden So fuckin READ IT. You're smart in seeking the 'meaning', but reticent toward the ideal.

You think people DIE believing what is unproven? I'm jealous for your faith.

[mission2marsden]

@CaninAble I just read it a week ago. So you're a bit delayed on the insult. :)

And no, I never said I believed that. :) What a terrible assumption. I was merely commenting on a video. I have very strong faith in God. I read somewhere, likewise, that one shall not judge based on merely assumptions. :)

[Doc418]

not bad video.

[PC3900]

Wow, the song and film go together amazingly well!

[seaweed2007]

Gawd, I love this old stuff! ;)) When you're

working with video of a certain age, it

almost moves from the usual categories

into art. This was fun, baby! *****'s!

Pat was quite a looker when she was young.

Far cry from the later Folger's commercials.

;)

Oh, and I just read your video description

and I feel like I've been raped. Thanks! ;P