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Fictitious Fire Convergence

This post comparing on-line trolls to Objectivistsinaccurately describes Ayn Rand's position on saving someone from a fire (a couple commenters set Megan straight), though that hypothetical did remind me of a specific scene last night's American Dad! rerun (where Francine's birth dad won't save Stan from a fire, having called someone on his cell phone for advice ("What's my liability?")).

That episode in turn was way better than last night's Family Guy rerun. Both skirted the line of ethnic stereotypes, but at least the American Dad! episode was trying to be good (and generally succeeding).