Day #34 - We all need someone to hate right?

In George Orwell's magnum opus "NineteenEightyFour" (or maybe "1984") party members are encouraged to vent their frustration during a practice known as the "Two Minutes Hate". The link just preceeding this sentence will explain it all. This desire to hate is inherent in all societies it seems and has existed since earliest times. All of our woes and troubles can be vented upon someone or some thing and the usefulness of such an object, be it person or otherwise, cannot be understated. If such an object exists then it can conveniently serve to be a whipping post for our ire and disappointment. The manifestation of such an object may well serve and be based upon a basic human need and it would seem, some kind of societal requirement too. It can also absolve us of the responsibility and negate the necessity to examine our own shortcomings. It IS convenient, truly to be able to have at our disposal something to blame when things aren't "just so". It happens everywhere. In modern society there is often an impulse to blame others for something of which they are quite innocent just to alter focus from the true problems. In pursuit of absolution we seek out such a whipping boy or scapegoat. The origins of the scapegoat go back to pre-Christian times.

Having written this short paragraph I will leave the reader to ruminate upon the question rhetorically presented in the title of this post, and I shall too, do the same. It is a pretty big topic and I want to approach it through a clear mind as I hope you will. Food for thought.

G'nite! :-)