Kamelkatt
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Manny Rayner:
When viewing your book "The New Adventures of Socrates", Amazon lists three Ayn Rand books as "products related to this item". Would you say your writing relates to that of Ayn Rand? Also, I want to buy my books from a store whose owner doesn't bathe in money while having his workers slave for minimum wage. Which bookstore do you recommend?
Manny Rayner
Well, Ayn Rand claimed to have been influenced by Aristotle, who was a student of Plato, who was a student of Socrates. I can't deny that there's a relationship here. But I should warn you that my take on Socrates is rather different from that of the late Ms Rand. I hope no Objectivists have impulse-bought the book on Amazon's recommendation and been cruelly disappointed.
If you want to go local, I see that Tanum list it.
If you want to go local, I see that Tanum list it.
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Petruccio Hambasket IV
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Manny Rayner:
Hi Manny. I was wondering if you could briefly break down your white/black repertoire for me. In particular i'm curious to what type of stuff you play against 1.d4, you seem like the type who would enjoy the grueling slavs/semi-slavs but I could be wrong. Also how often do you you play blitz (5+0)?
Benjamin
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Manny Rayner:
I have this theory that you don't actually exist. Well, you may have existed at one point but then sold your account to Amazon. Not sure. Now you are this avatar created by Amazon to spread awareness of their book by being witty with encyclopedic understanding of most subjects. And the guys at Amazon who manage this avatar thought it would be funny to make you hate their own company. Can you prove otherwise?
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