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Hate is Not the Opposite of Love

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Hate is Not the Opposite of Love
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RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love
September 18, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Quote:For most of my life, everyone I've ever talked to about love said that the opposite of love is hate.

At 20 I 'fell in love' for the first time. At 63 I'm still not sure what it is,only that it was wonderful at the time and agonising when it ended. I have never hated anyone I loved,except my ex wife , Crune Punt. (may her tits fall off)

I have come to believe that the opposite of love is indifference. That applies to all the forms the Greeks described; Eros ( carnal) Phileo (brotherly) Agape (love of the Gods) Storge (natural affection such as parent for child or for a kitty))
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Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Loading Please Wait - September 18, 2011 at 3:48 am
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by lucent - September 18, 2011 at 6:38 am
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Ashendant - September 18, 2011 at 10:29 am
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Loading Please Wait - September 18, 2011 at 1:16 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Rhizomorph13 - September 18, 2011 at 5:40 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Epimethean - September 18, 2011 at 6:03 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Ashendant - September 18, 2011 at 6:29 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Epimethean - September 18, 2011 at 6:49 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by padraic - September 18, 2011 at 7:15 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Shell B - September 18, 2011 at 7:32 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Epimethean - September 18, 2011 at 7:33 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by padraic - September 18, 2011 at 7:46 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Ashendant - September 18, 2011 at 8:01 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Castle - September 18, 2011 at 8:06 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Ashendant - September 18, 2011 at 8:10 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Castle - September 18, 2011 at 9:18 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by padraic - September 18, 2011 at 10:19 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Castle - September 21, 2011 at 1:39 am
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Ashendant - September 21, 2011 at 6:11 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Castle - September 21, 2011 at 11:59 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Castle - September 20, 2011 at 9:21 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Rhizomorph13 - September 20, 2011 at 9:37 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Epimethean - September 20, 2011 at 11:12 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Epimethean - September 22, 2011 at 12:00 am
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by KichigaiNeko - September 22, 2011 at 6:27 am
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Epimethean - September 22, 2011 at 9:11 am
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by KichigaiNeko - September 22, 2011 at 9:20 am
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Castle - September 23, 2011 at 2:20 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Epimethean - September 22, 2011 at 9:47 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by Violet - September 23, 2011 at 3:49 pm
RE: Hate is Not the Opposite of Love - by The Grand Nudger - September 23, 2011 at 5:46 pm

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