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Re:The Data of Hate by tinco on Sunday July 13, 2014 @09:17PM (#8029164)
I'm not sure if it is accurate, but I think of someone who is hateful as someone who was hurt. This is also why I think it's so hard to fight hate, as even if you mend a wound, the memory of hurt lasts and fosters hate. How do you make someone forgive and forget?
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Re:The Data of Hate by Intermernet on Monday July 14, 2014 @07:52AM (#8030452)
You teach forgiveness, and hope others do the same.

As someone who has been seriously hurt by someone else (they're in gaol for life) I know how hard it is to forgive. I still haven't succeeded, and I probably never will.

But, I have succeeded in gaining the knowledge that revenge would just continue the cycle of violence, so it's in my power to stop it.

Revenge solves nothing, and only causes more pain.

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