VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Matt Westwood|DATE|1377852112|CONTENT|Both love and hate are part of the human condition. Love tends not to need an excuse, but rational people tend to feel a little uncomfortable about the fact that they are also prone to hatred. In order to sustain it, we (and by &quot;we&quot; I do of course mean &quot;you&quot;) need to give ourselves a reason to do so: &quot;I don&#039;t like the colour of his hair.&quot; &quot;I don&#039;t like the fact that he&#039;s always bossing us around.&quot; &quot;I don&#039;t like the fact he supports Arsenal.&quot; &quot;I don&#039;t like the fact that he killed fifteen people with his bare hands for fun.&quot; And so on. Some such excuses are legitimate reasons for hatred (or so it appears to us from the social context of humanist consensus) but some are not rational at all. And of course the most irrational of all is the excuse, &quot;He&#039;s not part of the same big club I&#039;m in for paying homage to an imaginary being.&quot;

On the other hand just telling people not to hate is like telling a nervous wreck to &quot;pull yourself together&quot; or to an alcoholic etc. &quot;Just say no&quot;.|EMAIL|prime.mover@proofwiki.org|IP-ADDRESS|81.142.211.61|MODERATIONFLAG|