(May 27, 2010 at 12:14 am)tackattack Wrote: @padriac- nor did I intend this to be religious in nature at all.
Tacky I wasn't sure given your basic world view.
I guess the answer to your question is 'yes and no'
I also see hatred as survival tool; to hate an enemy who wants to kill you enables you to kill him first. (?)
BUT I have huge problems with the vilification entire groups as a means to an end.EG the invented 'war on terror' in which Muslims have been deliberately and cynically turned into the bogeyman de jure for unstated political and economic goals. EG A permanent US military presence in the Middle East which will make it far easier to protcet and control crucial oil supplies as shortages grow acute,as they WILL within a few decades.