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cyrnel...
i'll copy rekna and say that the hatred of evil is one of the most rational acts a human being can engage in. i make distinction between hatred of act and actor, but i do know the line is awful thin...
but i'm unwilling to live in a world that is so imbued with systematic evil, and not condemn it, even to hate it. i hate the fact that while i'm writing this and thinking about getting a cheeseburger 'cause i missed dinner....that some kid has died from hunger. I hate the fact that as i man, i can walk to my car tonight and not worry about being sexually assualted. i hate the senselessness of the war in iraq, and how civilians are paying the price for Dubya's miscalculations.
hate can drive me to action, give me courage to stand up against the wrong, and keep me motivated despite failure. i got very angry about the lack of training and resources put behind suicide prevention at my undergrad institution...and got angrier still at the "we don't know what we're doing" response to a completed suicide right after the admin turned me down. you best believe me, there's annual mental health awareness programming done now, and the RA's get better training on how to refer residents to the resources of the college and community. It ain't perfect...but i watched a campus message board fill up with people's stories and joys and worries about mental illness in friends and themselves...
I knew that my anger had turned a problem into something good. I could put that emotion down, that as a tool it had served it's purpose.
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For God so loved creation, that God sent God's only Son that whosoever believed should not perish, but have everlasting life.
-John 3:16
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