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Old 11-18-2010, 07:15 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Xazy View Post
Some Zealotry do not require hatred, desire of what someone else possess does not require hatred. Survival does not require hatred.
What does it take to want to destroy something?

You can be a zealot, but if you want to destroy someone to uphold your beliefs, it requires hatred.

You can covet something, but if you destroy someone in order to take it away, this requires hatred.

If someone doesn't want you to survive, is this not because of hatred?


We don't seek to destroy those we like. Sometimes we are indifferent, sometimes it pains us. But for it to come to that, I cannot see it doing so in the absence of hatred somewhere along the line.

Can war be reduced to tough love?
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