I think I love Archer...
Let me say this is a pretty cool thread and people from all walks have provided interesting material. I will not provide direct answers here as I feel my responses will be more clunky than anything written so far, and I like what I see by others anyway.
My "position" would be a hybrid between Archer's and Ben's answers. Both of whom I find I admire. I may be wrong but it seems we are all a bit influenced by Taoism. Archer's beautiful and clear prose has so far (across threads) been greatly inspiring to me.
holmes {in temp decloak from lurker mode}
"What a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away." (D.Bros)