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[scottobear]

Ah, love... so much better than the alternative.

I do indeed have what most people would commonly understand as "eyes".

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[danigolden.livejournal.com]

Do you think the alternative to love is hate or indifference?

I haven't decided myself.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

the alternative is not-love... what is not-love?
I don't care to know it... I'm too much in love. :)

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[danigolden.livejournal.com]

I envy you, sir :)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Feel free to love!

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[danigolden.livejournal.com]

Hee hee, bless you hippie-folks!

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Peace!

[billijean.livejournal.com]

I don't know if hate is the opposite. Hate is so tied up in fear and anger, I have a hard time getting a handle on it. I have heard that there are only two real emotions: love and fear. Everything else stems from that. But I don't think fear can be the opposite of love either.
I think that the oposite emotion has to be one that cannot be felt at the same time as love. I think that one can feel love and hate or love and fear or even love and hate and fear for the same person/thing/place/other nouns at the same time.
With both love and hate, one can be obsessed with something - obsessed with having it, loving it, hating it, destroying it... They seem very similar to me in that love and hate are both very passionate emotions that are often directed outward.
So, in looking for the opposite of love, I would also be looking for the opposite of hate - so I am looking for a lack of passion and emotion. I would have to say that appathy or indifference is the opposite of love.