You know, another question: why would someone like BoK choose hatred as his emotion of choice? AFter all, it is not as though it was some preconditioned response--hating is an act of choice!! Everyone knows that.

Although I am being a bit facetious at the expendse of BoJ's narrow-minded worldview, the question does nag at me. When we are taught that some things are bad (rightly or wrongly) we choose to avoid them -- like swimming too soon after eating, or avoiding black cats. But why choose to foment and maintain bitter hatred against black cats?

Why choose to "rub out" left-handed people or anyone under 5'2. or those with too light a skin, and promote hatred of them as a way to infect others with the idea?

Talk about sick and perverted, it strikes me that there is nothing so sick and perverted as the willing to subscribe to hatred toward persons, things or groups that have done no harm to you.

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