Been watching more of VBS.tv, mostly the “Vice Travel Guide” stuff.

When you look at what’s presented to you, when you look deeper, when you read between the lines… you come to realize some things.

The best philosophy in life? Live and let live.

The more we meddle in the affairs of others, the more we prohibit and prevent others from living their lives — even a life we find revolting — from there our problems and conflicts arise.

You live your life, I’ll live mine. I’ll leave you alone, you leave me alone…. unless you ask for it. And that could mean it either way, that you might ask me for help, or you might ask for an ass kicking.

Yes it may mean some people will be living a life that you don’t like, but that’s the way it goes. Instead of worrying so much about how I’m living my life and how much you don’t like it, why don’t you spend your finite time and energy living the life you want instead?

It may also mean that you may not get all the things you want in life. That you may have to do without. I may have something you want, but you find what I do revolting. But instead of passing laws or using other means of force to stop me and thus let you get what I want, you’ll need to find a way that works to our mutual benefit or just learn to do without. Else all you’ll foster in the long-run is more ugliness.

Is this a perfect maxim? No, but it’s a very good guiding principle. We’ve got 6 billion people in this world, and if you really want us all to live in harmony, letting people live their lives so long as they don’t infringe upon yours is a good start towards that harmonious goal.