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Grace
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Posted 8/23/2004 5:23 PM (GMT -6)

If love endures all, even death. Does hate survive death? In other words, if a person dies, does the hatred one feels for that person then die too?

Similitude
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Posted 8/23/2004 5:31 PM (GMT -6)

Grace,

I don't see how the hate would necessarily stop just because the hated one died. The feeling of hate could still persist and one could do actions to harm the reptuation of the deceased, etc.

wjs

Grace
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Posted 8/23/2004 5:40 PM (GMT -6)

OK. Well then why do relatives of victims from say, murderers or child molesters, etc., cry out for justice with capital punishment? I cannot really think of anyone else who would truly have the feeling of hate.

lbeck
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Posted 8/24/2004 8:11 AM (GMT -6)

Love and hate are both matters of the heart. They reside with the one doing the loving/hating, not the individual(s) towards which the feeling is directed. As such, I think that the death of the "target" is immaterial.

Seems simple to me

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Lee

Similitude
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Posted 8/24/2004 5:10 PM (GMT -6)

Grace,

quote:
OK. Well then why do relatives of victims from say, murderers or child molesters, etc., cry out for justice with capital punishment? I cannot really think of anyone else who would truly have the feeling of hate.

I'm not following you. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you're asking.

wjs

Grace
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Posted 8/24/2004 5:40 PM (GMT -6)

I am told by my peers that the only thing that survives death is love. That love endures all. So, I began to wonder if hate might also survive death. I think I may misunderstand this statement.

I would suppose that people who believe in the death penalty would be interested in revenge or justice. (An eye for an eye). But, then I also began to wonder if relatives who lost loved ones to murderers or similar crimes might not find some release from their hatred in the criminal being put to death.

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