[orgaelin]

I honestly feel that the only thing I hate is hatred itself.

Often I feel temporary hate, as in when someone really ticks you off.

Perhaps I'm not the best person to comment on this subject (nevertheless I can't help myself!) as I am so unhateful.

I think hate is a biological thing. When your child starts nursery and another child takes a toy from him, you can see the early growth of hatred in him/her even then. The child doesn't hate the other child because he dislikes some aspect of himself.

I think hate is a learned thing too. If you get bitten by a dog when you're five (like my brother) then you might well grow up asserting that you hate dogs (like my brother does). If a woman is repeatedly mistreated by men, she might determine that she hates men.

Hate is closely aligned with fear. It's almost like it's a biological training method, left over from when we had not the minds to think as we do now. Imagine a primitive human is strolling around and sees a small creature that looks interesting. He gets close, but then the creature bites him. Ever after he is both afraid to get too close, and hateful of that type of creature. In a primitive man without much memory or reason, this could save his life.

Not from the small creature of course, before someone suggests that!

The same instinct is still in us. I believe this is part of a major problem for the Human race - that our primitive instincts are still fighting for ultimate control over our bodies and our actions. We no longer need intensely strong emotions such as fear and hatred to motivate us or guide us, since we can reason better without them. Evolution takes a while to make changes, though, so I guess we're stuck with society and Humanity as it is for the forseeable future!