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13 July 2006

Hope is the opposite of hate; greed is the opposite of love.
Apathy is the opposite of hate and love. In order to hate or love something, you have to care about it or have it affect you. The fascination one finds in something they hate can be as equally as powerful as that which they love, like the double-edged sword or the two-sides-of-the-same-coin thing.
IMO, natch.
posted by Zack_Replica 13 July | 16:29
I like Hugh's take better, actually. Apathy is the absence of love or hate, but I think it's an interesting idea about freedom and worldviews to define greed and hope as their opposites.
posted by occhiblu 13 July | 16:38
Depends what you're hoping. I hope you fall down a manhole, for instance.

And there's nothing greedier than love.
posted by Pips 13 July | 16:42
Greed is the opposite of love if greed is the desire to take from the world for own you gain and love is the desire to give of yourself for the world's gain. But I think that gives greed too much credit and makes love too ambiguous.
posted by mullacc 13 July | 17:14
The greed/love juxtaposition makes me think of generosity, and how true generosity is inspired by love. Your heart is filled to the point of breaking, and that joy spills over so that you can (and want to) share it with the world.

The hope/hate juxtaposition seems like if there's just a little bit of that joy still left in your heart, deep down at the very bottom, you'll persevere; once that goes away, your heart becomes empty and you hate.
posted by occhiblu 13 July | 17:44
What is the opposite of cramps? I'd like to be having that right now.
posted by matildaben 13 July | 17:59
The opposite of cramps is morning sickness. Trust me, you don't want it.
posted by jrossi4r 13 July | 19:49
oh morning sickness, I know all about - oh that morning sickness.
nevermind.
posted by Hellbient 13 July | 22:00
Don't eat fish. || Eat Fish!

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