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Old 05-30-2007   #33 (permalink)
rjwood
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Default Re: Racism:Do you beleive it's still present in our society?

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Originally Posted by bns View Post
OK. I'll buy that. I was thinking more of the actions than the feelings. In my mind, if you kill someone because of race, you're acting in hate, even if you don't feel hate. But I'll go with your terminology.
I can agree that hate can be an automatic, trained response. A military does that to it's soldiers. But, I'm still not convinced hate is anything other than a sloppy expression by a person whose maturity has arrested. In the end, I think it still comes down to fear. Hate may be the nerve, but fear is the motive..
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