Monday, January 27, 2025

The Greater Good

 

Who decides the greater good?  Who is to say this is better than that for everyone?  How is that even possible?  One person’s judgement is developed over time, based on their experience in life, their knowledge and understanding of everything they see, touch and hear, consequently every person has had a different experience at different times in their life.  Different things affect and influence someone in ways that may not be the same as the person standing right next to them experiencing the same thing.

Take Larry, for example.  Larry likes a frosty mug of cold beer, a soft warm, giant pretzel with a dab of yellow mustard.  He enjoys live music from an Oom-pah-pa band and large women.

Lucy’s taste seems to run away from anyone with a mustard stain on their shirt.

Into the mix we add Cooter Nelson, the Mayor of Anytown.  He has a massive ego, budget concerns and bald tires on his classic Studebaker.  He has approved and issued the temporary license for the Oom-pah-pa band to play in the town square, even though he knows a great number of voters don’t really care for that kind of music.  His feelings about mustard are not public knowledge.

 

I'll be back in a few.  I just decided I'm hungry.





 

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