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javasaurus) wrote2006-06-06 10:45 am
javasaurus) wrote2006-06-06 10:45 am
Analogy quiz!
Love is to lust as hatred is to _____.
Support your answer with an essay of no more than 500 words!
Support your answer with an essay of no more than 500 words!
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bigotry.
Love is something that builds on mutual respect, honesty, and affection. It is based in a strong friendship that has grown over time to something more. It represents caring both for and about the object of the love. When someone loves, they do not impose their beliefs/ideals on their beloved, but take their beloved as they are, warts and all. While they may not agree with everything the beloved says/does, they respect it and cherish the beloved unreservedly. While physical attraction will usually form a component of love in some relationships, it is possible to love without physical attraction (you can love your best friend but not want to sleep with him/her). Love is the ultimate acceptance of someone as who they are and enjoying being with them and finding happiness in yourself when they are happy.
Hatred is in some ways the antithesis of love. You can hate from knowing someone too well and seeing their faults too clearly. You can hate for the blackness of the soul of the object of your hatred. To absolutely truly hate someone, you have to fail to see any redeeming qualities in the person. It is deeper and more visceral than contempt and has a definite desire to see harm (or death) to come to the person who is hated.
Lust is a primeval need for sexual release which may be triggered by the object of the lust having the 'right' pheromones for you or possibly fitting some ideal mold (looks, behavior, compliance, clothes, etc.). Pure lust is pure desire for sexual release via that person, it is probably primarily chemical in nature and usually quite transitory. Now, lust can be a portion of the relationship with the loved one but it can also exist independently. It is quite possible to lust after someone for whom you feel contempt, pity, etc.. With lust, your primary drive is your own pleasure and if they get pleasure it can be a bonus but isn't a major motivator (aside from possibly being able to repeat the activity).
Bigotry is irrational reactions to other people based on looks, behavior, compliance, etc. Your hatred can be fed by bigotry (and can feed bigotry) but the bigotry is something in and off itself. If you view someone simply as their one or two 'primary' characteristics (be they race, political party, gender, social status, etc.) and feel dislike, distrust, contempt, etc. for them simply for that reason. It is shallow and reactionary.
Thus while love and lust can be related, they can stand apart. Lust is sometimes mistaken for love (just because your hindbrain wants to bed someone does NOT mean that you love them). Bigotry is sometimes called hatred and is closely related to it (and the pain that the person can feel as a result of the bigotry is not reduced by the lack of 'true' hatred). However, you can be bigoted without hating the object of the bigotry and it is possible to hate without bigotry.
Lust and bigotry are antithetical in many ways but focus on an instant reaction irregardless of the person involved as a person. Love and hate see the person involved as a person not as a characteristic or set of characteristics. Both are passionate about the opinions held but one wants to see the other happy and the other wants to see the other unhappy. Lust and bigotry don't care what happens to the other person but have some differences. Lust is about the lusting persons desires above all other considerations (about as anti-wiccan as you can get). Bigotry is more about viewing the world a certain way (usually by elevating self above "those people" and the desire to keep things a certain way) and again gives no consideration to the effect on the other person.
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Himself thinks Love is to Lust as Hatred is to Anger, but he didn't expound on his reasoning.
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I also home [HINT HINT] that Javasaurus eventually tells us his answer(s) and logic etc.
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So perhaps hatred and *word* are similar: the strong desire not to be around someone. While hateful desires may be obtained through violence (turning somebody into a pile of goo might be an effective way not to be around them anymore), it is certainly possible to hate someone without wishing them harm. Perhaps the physical version of wanting not to be near someone is "revulsion" -- but maybe a stronger word is needed.
Anybody got a word for "strong revulsion"?