It comes across very ignorant on Yaron's part to interchange the common usage of Altruism with the philosophical Altruism of Auguste Comte that Ayn Rand was against.
Selfishness in common language is not the same thing as Ayn Rand's definition used in Objectivism. Also, his constent Christian bashing is also uncalled for when the debate is not pertaining to the metaphysical aspect of his philosophy.
At times Yaron and Gene both seem to be talking at different levels from each other. Yaron also makes Ayn Rand look bad when he bad mouthed human compassion and empathy. Something which Ms. Rand never called evil in her philosophy.
In the end I side with Gene that agreeing with Rand's definitions of things is not a requirement to a robust moral defense of Capitalism.
