HATE . . . What is it?

Its high time to blog about something that pushes a lot of buttons. This is hate. So, why am I, a person who is highly spiritual, blogging about hate? As a person who understands love, I have come to understand hate. It's simple, really.

Love is total acceptance of a person. Hate is varying degrees of non-acceptance. Why is this so? Hate is usually associated with anger, right? Hate is Hitler and his final solution. Hate is the Hatemonger, making people hate. Hate is certainly not pride, or non-acceptance, you've got to be wrong about hate right?

Sadly, I am not wrong in my belief, my conclusions. But, you say, Aristotle viewed hate as a desire for the annihilation of an object that is incurable by time. And certainly Rene Descartes viewed hate as an awareness that something is bad, combined with an urge to withdraw from it. And even Sigmund Freud defined hate as an ego state that wishes to destroy the source of its unhappiness. Finally, Baruch Spinoza defined hate as a type of pain that is due to an external cause.

But, I assert, hate is varying degrees of non-acceptance. Hate is, by every definition, the complete opposite of love. And since Love is total acceptance, hate is non-acceptance. I see hate in the wife that henpicks her loving husband. "Take out the trash!" "Do the dishes!" "Put down that video game and do what I tell you!" "You are not getting any sex tonight!"

I see hate in the husband that jokes about not loving his wife every time he kisses her. "I don't love you." *kiss* Or jokes to his mother in law who says: "At least you love my daughter." Husband: "No I don't." *grin*

Hate is definitely in feelings of *racism.* Hate is also in inequality. Statements like "I'm better than you." shows a degree of hate. Hate is in the ugliness of pride. Pride in your dress, the way you walk. Hate is a result of wanting to show your separate from your fellow neighbor. You believe you are separate, then comes feelings of being better, being the best. But this is so wrong in one's thinking. True hate -- showing you do not accept a thing, person, or group -- as they are; is something we all experience here on Earth.

So, this begs the question: why am I writing about this?

Because. Simply because I don't desire a hate filled marriage from one partner or both of us. Hate is a terrible thing, it is a cancer if the desire for separation -> Divorce -> isn't or cannot be fulfilled. Feelings of hatred towards my potential spouse, or feelings of hatred from my potential spouse can invite feelings of being unloved. It can, if allowed to go far, bring infidelity into the marriage on the part of one or both spouses. Or worse yet, one spouse may feel that the marriage is a curse rather than a blessing.

Why does this concern me? Actually, it doesn't. But, my best friend is in a marriage where her husband does not love her. I love my best friend, she is the principle reason why I desire to be Creator (other than I feel better myself being a Creator -- yes, Uncle, that's a capitol "C". And I understand you found all of my blogs, Uncle Robert Robb, so I "know" you are reading this post).

I desire with all my heart for my best friend to be with me. But she is in a hell of her own making. Fortunately for her, her marriage is fragile and won't survive. The Savior said this about her marriage:

And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world ^amarry, and are given in marriage:

35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain ^athat world, and the ^bresurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in ^cmarriage:

36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the ^aangels; and are the ^bchildren of God, being the children of the resurrection.

Luke 20: 34-36

When I studied these scriptures, I was given hope for my best friend. I cannot have my best friend now, but I desire her very much so she can complete me and I can complete her.

What if Hasbro gets itself out of the RPG business?

So, what would happen if the D&D brand fails and the RPG development department is suddenly out of a job due to Hasbro's corporate bullying and draconian tactics to protect its D&D sales? One thing for sure, people won't stop playing Dungeons and Dragons. Plus, a lot of talent from WotC will look to find work doing what they do best: create games.

Dungeons and Dragons is forever. There would be no official supplements, but it will be subsumed into the community. The community of gamers will support Dungeons and Dragons on the web and the internet. And various companies will fight to become top dog.

One person hopes that if WotC tanks due to Hasbro mis-management of the D&D brand, it would be sold to Iron Crown Enterprises and the Rolemaster revision of the game would be the 5th incarnation of the Game. Since wizards did everything to make D&D not D&D, Dungeons and Dragons is just a marketing brand if nothing else.

Just something to ponder . . .

Although, if WotC does tank due to mis-managment by the PARENT company; I do hope that D&D is sold to a company that understands how the D20 System and the OGL worked for Dungeons and Dragons. OR . . . even better . . . make it totally open sourced and COPYLEFTED; allowing anyone to produce work for the game with a simple game license like the OGL was.