"Hate" - not the opposite of "Love"
"Hate" - not the opposite of "Love"
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I was quite taken by the following exchange (loosely paraphrased) which I picked up on that well-respected philosophical debating platform "Desperate Housewives".
Son to Mother: "I hate you!"
Mother to Son: "You know, it's a common misconception that "hate" is the opposite of "love". In fact, that's not true. To hate someone means that you still have some sort of emotional involvement with them. The real opposite of "love" is actually "complete indifference"."
Son to Mother: "I hate you!"
Mother to Son: "You know, it's a common misconception that "hate" is the opposite of "love". In fact, that's not true. To hate someone means that you still have some sort of emotional involvement with them. The real opposite of "love" is actually "complete indifference"."





RE: "Hate" - not the opposite of "Love"
I can see why he said he hates her.
Chris
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RE: "Hate" - not the opposite of "Love"
HATE is truly a SELF-ish thing in that you are focused on your own needs, and the lack of your needs/wants/desires not being met causes an emotional reaction against the good of others.
INDIFFERENCE is also selfish to a degree, in that you simply are not focused on others at all, but probably only yourself.
So I don't see this having anything to do with emotion as the source of the definition, but rather who is the pre-eminent person in your mind who's good is essential.
Unfortunately, modern culture has turned the word LOVE into a gimmee-gimmee-meet-my-needs sort of thing.
RE: "Hate" - not the opposite of "Love"
Just two thoughtful aphorisms on the subject:
RE: "Hate" - not the opposite of "Love"
Paraphrasing (this was about ten years ago):
Sam: I hate you
Diane: The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference
Sam: Whatever
Regards,
Cory
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How about this one: The opposite of worry is .
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'the opposite of worry is sanity'
How then, do you accomodate 'what, me worry?' which is the result of much in-depth pondering by Mad (synonym of insane) ?
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"Art without engineering is dreaming; Engineering without art is calculating."
Steven K. Roberts, Technomad
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Sanity.
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Also an interesting observation made in the book. "It is said about 60000 thoughts run through the mind every day and nearly 95% of it repeats everyday. Mind management is essential to life management"
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RE: "Hate" - not the opposite of "Love"
RE: "Hate" - not the opposite of "Love"
"Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater."
Albert Einstein
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"What the bleep do we know"
Semi-documentary with some comedy and deep philosphical thought provoking material.
Timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
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RE: "Hate" - not the opposite of "Love"
This becomes glarinly apparent if/when you read the Bible, because the love in there is not the standard english definition.
I think a movie that should be manditory viewing is "Grave of Fireflies" when talking about love. Its the only movie that has moved me to tears.
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For antonyms of hate
http://www.answers.com/topic/hate
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I suppose the opposite of love is ignorance,hypocrisy and
also indifference
luis