Is hatred different from violence?

Question

Should hatred by acceptable/or unacceptable, or is violence the only thing that should be regarded with action?

Answer 1

Hatred is inevitable (though controllable), and nobody is harmed through it unless it is acted on. Violence constitutes physical acts and is harmful to other people. It's definitely less acceptable than hatred.

Answer 2

Violence is the manifestation of hatred. It is the root of hate. Hate is something natural, there is nothing wrong with expressing hate, you must accept your feelings, understand them and let them go. Once you start holding on to your feelings and emotions, (in this case hate) and dwelling on them for too long, it becomes something unhealthy, and manifests itself into violence or addiction (the action). I know it may sound weird but love and hate come from the same place, they have the same roots, without hate thier wouldn't be no love and vise versa.
So my point is that hatred and violence are different, one is and emotion and the other is the action caused by this emotion. Anything that may cause harm to another living thing should be unacceptable. We should all have the liberty to express our emotions as long as they cause no harm to others.
I wish inner peace to you seeking...and not seeking.

Answer 3

Hatred is apart of everyone... Hatred is a feeling, an emotion that is uncontrollable... Without hatred it would be hard to know what love is...

Violence is controllable and should be controlled...but there would be no violence without hatred..

So I guess the real question is," would there be violence if there was no hatred"?

Answer 4

Hatred is certainly different from violence. Hatred is something you feel, an emotion. Violence is allowing that emotion to come forth and taking action to cause harm to someone or something.

Answer 5

yes hatred is different to violence seeing as violence breeds action and inevitable physical harm, death, pain and suffering. hatred as bad as it sounds, should not be regarded in the same light as violence and it can be perceived in a emotional and psychological way, unlike violence which acts a repurcussion for ones anger and fury

Answer 6

Yes, hatred is only the emotion that can blossom into violence. Although some religions hold the belief that thinking hateful thoughts is as evil as performing the act itself, it is not against the law to hate your neighbor.

Answer 7

Hatred is the mother,
The mother births contempt,
Violence is the action of the contemptuous son.

Obviously eliminating hate as an emotional disposition would be a great cure but to answer your question, they are distinctly different. For example contempt can motivate someone to take action that is not violent.

Answer 8

Do you remember this from a couple of months ago- the film "Fitna" by the Dutch Politician, Geert Wilders, which Jacqui Spliff also banned. Result- a projected audience turned from a few hundred to a few million via the Internet. The banning of Savage will, I am sure, have the same result, and whilst I hated the content of the link posted by ZL last night, this could end up being another shot in the foot.

Answer 9

You should not be able to punish people for what's inside their heads, but the putting of those thoughts into violent actions is certainly a different matter.

Answer 10

hate must exist in order for the world to functon in a healthy way. the ability to recognize hate and stop it in its tracks is whats important.
yes it is different, violence is an action.

regard everything with action.

but if you want to get into hippy wimpy terms....
this all really depends on circumstance.