love vs. hate

[eakers]

so do you think it is easier to love someone as much as you can or down right hate someone as much as you can?

i think that hate is easier to define because if you hate someone alot, then there is a reason but on the otherhand its hard to hate someone with all your might because its hard to hate someone and be completely against them totally for the rest of your life unlike love where you can devote all your love to one person.

so yeah love vs. hate, which is harder, which is better, what are the pros and cons of both?

*kat. <-- likes to be in love.

 

[Killbat]

The difference between love and hate is like the difference between oranges and tangerines.

Love is roughly the same emotion as hate.

 

[RossMAN]

I wonder if it's easier to stop loving or hating? Probably the latter, depending on how deep rooted your hatred is.

 

[amdforlife]

hate. its easy to hate someone, and fun. i can hold a grudge longer than hold some love.

 

[Azraele]

I'd have to say love is better than hate, since it is a positive emotion. Love is stronger too, though hate is strong as well.

Love is also better because it feels nicer to love than it does to hate.

The pros of love are many, the cons would be that sometimes people think with their hearts instead of their heads when in love.

Hate has cons only I'd say, being entirely negative. It doesn't even give you focus, as some might argue, hate is blind and rabid (but love is blind too, and love seems to lack focus as well).

 

[Emulex]

when love turns to hate, you still care about the person..

 

[kami]

Hate can consume you and just make you feel bad. Love just makes you feel good. 'nuff said.

 

[happykitten]

Hate is such an ugly word... personally, I believe that claiming you hate someone is equivalent to wishing death upon them, which I would never wish upon anyone. Do I &quot;hate&quot; anyone? I can honestly say I don't. Do I &quot;strongly dislike&quot; some people? Of course. But... along with hate comes anger and evil... I honestly can't think of any &quot;pros&quot; when it comes to that particularly emotion.

As for love... love isn't equivalent to, but the opposite of, hate. The emotions you experience with love may seem (on the surface) to mirror those of hate at times (frustration/sadness/pain), but you process them in vastly different ways. Interestingly enough, the same things may be accomplished via love or hate... but I'd much rather be motivated by, and live by, love.

Likes love too,
~kitten >^.^<

 

[pillage2001]

Hating is definitely the worst thing to do. Hated my first EX so much till I almost killed her.3 years later, I found out that I missed her alot and want her back.

 

[RossGr]

I agree with Killbat, love/hate are very closely related. A big difference is that hate is selfdestructive, while love is selffulling. Not sure just what word I am looking for there but the point is love is benifical while hate is not. It is surprising how easy it is to move from loveing to hateing. Witness the huge number of very painful, hate filled divorces that happen across the nation on a daily basis. Many times the differance between love and hate is a few misunderstood words or unitensionsal emotional injury.

 

[ManSnake]

I was never able to truly hate someone, but I don't think I was ever completely in love with someone either. I would imagine that it would be extremely hard to achieve the ultimate love or the ultimate hate. But everyone knows that we should all be searching for love and peace, right?

 

[amdforlife]

<< Hate is such an ugly word... personally, I believe that claiming you hate someone is equivalent to wishing death upon them, which I would never wish upon anyone. Do I &quot;hate&quot; anyone? I can honestly say I don't. Do I &quot;strongly dislike&quot; some people? Of course. But... along with hate comes anger and evil... I honestly can't think of any &quot;pros&quot; when it comes to that particularly emotion. >>

If you hate someone, you wish death upon them...does this mean when you love someone, you wish life upon them? If you cant hate anyone, how are you qualified to love someone?

 

[eakers]

<< Here's a good question: Is love the opposite of hate or the absence of hate? >>


niether i dont think.

i dunno, i have hated in my day but it always faded to not caring about them, but the people i love will always be special to me even after i lose touch with them.

*kat. <-- thinking of going to bed.

 

[amdforlife]

<< Here's a good question: Is love the opposite of hate or the absence of hate? >>

Is hate the opposite of love, or the absence of love?

Pretty much same question, just in a pessimistic perception.

 

[Noriaki]

I don't truly hate anyone. Anyone I dislike that much isn't worth the effort of truly hating them. There are alot of people I really don't like, but I don't think there are any I truly hate.

Love is difficult to deal with...but not difficult to do.

I love a girl...I don't know what the hell to do with my feelings since she doesn't love me back, but it's not hard to love her. It's very easy in fact.

However in a way, I don't really have to love her. She doesn't love me, so I don't have to make myself quite as vulnerable to her, she doesn't expect it or want it of me. And for some people (myself included) really opening up to someone is very very difficult.



<< *kat. <-- likes to be in love. >>

lol I think everyone does. But remember love is just a chemical imbalance in your brain it can be cured

 

[happykitten]

<< If you hate someone, you wish death upon them...does this mean when you love someone, you wish life upon them? >>



No... you can't really compare the two like that.



<< If you cant hate anyone, how are you qualified to love someone? >>



Very easily. I don't believe hate is the opposite of love, I believe they are two separate emotions/beliefs that, again, can't be compared in that way. Obviously they mean different things to different people... the above was my personal spin on the issue, you're more than entitled to your own.

Off to do more laundry,
~kitten >^.^<

 

[RossMAN]

<--- thinking 7:17 PM is waaaaaaay to early for eakers to go to bed, then again she is getting older

<--- congrats to HappyKitten on turning Golden Member.

 

[eakers]

its almost 11 here.

*kat. <-- so old!

 

[RossMAN]

Yes I know you're getting older you recently had a birthday, how old did you turn?

<--- 8 PM PST

 

[TheAvenger]

To hate someone is to give them power over you. You put in time, thought, and emotion into someone. I would rather someone hate me than to be apathetic towards me. Love is a much better thing to worry about. When someone aggravates me I remove them from my life. (i don't kill them, they just don't exist to me.)

 

[loosliptcomptrola]

&quot;Give into your hatred and join the Dark Side of the Force!!&quot;

&quot;No you've failed your highness. I'm a Jedi like my father before me.&quot;

 

[CattyKathy]

I think both are equally hard... if talking about people, I don't hate anyone... I love my parents but that's natural. Loving someone... I dunno what that is yet really... but loving someone is hard also, having to look past their faults and vice versa...

yes, hate is a very strong word, and so is love, that's why I rarely use them. I don't think I'll really hate anyone not unless that person or thing or whatever hurt my family or whom I love. Not that I'm saying love and hate are opposite, both are just different kinda of feeling...

 

[SSP]

Love = f ^ -1(Hate)

 

[slpaulson]

<< Hate can consume you and just make you feel bad. Love just makes you feel good. 'nuff said. >>


Love doesn't always make you feel so good if it isn't returned..

 

[MrCodeDude]

It's easier to hate than to love, but it's also easier to stop hating than it is to stop loving. At least to me it is.
-- mrcodedude