Greetings all.

 I am a New Zealander living and teaching in Thailand. Previously I was a business owner- I had two large successful retail stores by the age of 30- and was, I thought, on the way to untold riches. However, market forces did what they do and after a somewhat spectacular downturn I folded the businesses and left, destitute, for Sydney. Here I worked to pay the gas bill and to see my way through a Business degree. The completion of the degree allowed me to move to Thailand where I teach English, with my partner, in an all-boys boarding school.

My introduction to Objectivism and Liberty was, like many, through Perigo's Politically Incorrect Radio Show. In fact, I was so much inspired by the show- its soaring introductions, humour and sense- that I used to schedule all my customer deliveries between the hours of 12 and 2pm just so I could hear the show, in peace, on the car radio. That this glorious programme was  delivered from the studio floor by a Shiraz-guzzling lush only increases my respect for its host!   Thanks Lindsay.

I call myself a Libertarian but I wouldn't say I'm an Objectivist; I mean, for me most it is a "well, no kidding, who could argue with that", kind of thing, and then out comes the 'Polish' and my eyes glaze over... and so I guess I haven't fully tested all the arguments.

So instead I retreat back to Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead and all seem OK again! That's why someone like Prof. Campbell sickens me- these towering novels provide more than enough alone for me to revere Rand and thus I don't have the same burning desire that Campbell has to uncover her flaws.