More thoughts on Ayn Rand and tech-writing

Subject: More thoughts on Ayn Rand and tech-writing
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 12:19:43 -0800

bryan -dot- westbrook -at- amd -dot- com wrote:
>
> I think that at least some Ayn Rand should be required reading in all our
> schools.

Thinking of how sensitive some of the list members have been about
editing, I can just hear the conversation once tech-writers start
reading Anyn Rand:

"Let me get this straight: you blew up the entire marketing
department because they didn't like your use of semi-colons?"

:-)


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to read or write? Good God, man, what would you be now if you had
been able to?'

"'I can tell you that, sir,' said Mr. Foreman, a little smile on his
still aristocratic features. 'I'd be verger of St. Peter's, Neville
Square.'"

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