Zonie63 -> RE: What causes a person to hate ? (5/8/2011 4:05:07 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Aneirin Hate is a powerful word, a negative word and a destructive word, but what causes the word to be used ? And in terms of the ongoing celebration at a man's death on this forum, a man who is said to hate the west, why is it he hated it so much, what caused him to hate ? Did the west perchance give him a reason to hate it ? It could be that, or perhaps he could sense an overall hatred for the west anyway. He might have seen that as a way of gaining power and making a name for himself. An army of rabid, fanatical haters can be a powerful weapon. From a political standpoint, it might be said that a good way to maintain power is to find something else for the people to hate. A lot of the Muslim countries are gripped by sectarian violence and internecine conflicts, so perhaps some might feel that hatred against a common enemy might unify all these divided factions. I don't really see how it would work, but that may be the motivation. As for what the west might have done to give him a reason to hate it, it's hard to say. The man was pretty rich. The Arabs were charging us an arm and a leg for oil and amassing huge fortunes in the process. They've had us paying through the nose, so they can't hate us for making them rich. But I suppose there are those who could come up with any number of reasons to hate the big, bad, imperialist west. In some forums I've visited, I get the impression that some people believe that America is the root of all evil in this world. They have a whole laundry list of reasons why, too. So, I guess Osama could have picked any or all of those reasons. All in all, despite the evil, dastardly act he and his cohorts committed on 9/11/2001, I think that in time, history will view it as one of the greatest blunders in history. Things haven't really gone too well for the terrorists ever since. I don't know what they were expecting to happen or what their objective was in pulling off that thing. So, I'm kind of stumped on that question, too. I can understand good old fashioned hate, but beyond that, I don't really know what they expect to accomplish. If they want to take over America, then all they have to do is buy it, just like the Chinese are doing. They don't have to blow people up.
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