If you offer no preface, no introductory exposition, the question, taken at face value, is mostly understood to be of a religious or political nature, and the person hearing the question may attempt an answer, naming a religion, a figure in history, a deity or a philosophy, a political party or a supposed way of life.
But back up a second: Remember the last time you looked in a mirror? If you're normal, you may not have been perfectly satisfied with what you saw, but you loved the big lug anyway. Okay, keeping that imperfect, but perfectly lovable big lug in mind, who, or what, should that big lug follow?
Here's my answer: The person who loves you the best. I can't answer that question for you when it comes to religion. Religion involves imaginary beings. Oh, sure, your Superior Being exists, which means you have to admit that upwards of 99% of the world believes in imaginary beings, depending on just how unpopular your Superior Being is.
But when it comes to politics, most humans end up following the person who is doing the best job of loving him or herself, and who has precious little love for his or her followers. Too bad we can't get people to see that. And what with the progress propaganda has made, it gets harder and harder to get this point across.
What I'm saying here is follow yourself. Scary, huh? But remember, most good people are willing to live and let live. All it takes is a recognition that each of us is the center of a vast and potentially very entertaining Universe. If you recognize that the "other guy" wants exactly what you want, and if he recognizes the same thing about you, then the two of you have a basis on which to strike a mutual non-aggression/mutual aid pact. Multiple that by six billion (which could never in a Millennium happen) and you would have paradise on Earth.
I'm just happy that I can golf with a bunch of guys who have made this deal.
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Bertram Bananas, Lz.D. would get my vote in the next election if he weren't so occupied with philosophy at the moment.
Be careful making so much sense lest you become the god you are not worshiping.
I always say: whoever's walking toward some cake. That guy's headed in the right direction for me and my life.
"Making Sense" is simply figuring out what you love the most about the things you love the most, and then realizing that tomorrow your answers could be totally different about everything, including who would get your vote for President.
Things change, except for the stuff that stays the same, but even those things shouldn't matter because you change.
My basic premise is that nothing matters, unless you happen to take something personal. Which is why Road Rage by Mutual Consent is possibly the highest form (or viewed another way, the most basic form) of human interaction, as long as the two vehicles are within a ton's weight of each other.
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