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Hate goes viral on social network sites
Written on 17 May, 2009 at 2:31 in Featured, Really? | viewed 443 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Militants and hate groups increasingly use social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube as propaganda tools to recruit new members, according to a report by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Examples of what the report calls “digital terrorism and hate” range from a Facebook group named “Death to gays” in Croatian to a YouTube video of a Koran being burned and various Web sites promoting militant groups such as Hezbollah, the Taliban, al Qaeda and Colombia’s FARC. Full Story : MSNBC.com…..
(Continue reading)Love and Hate: Not Your Fault
Written on 16 Dec, 2008 at 1:26 in Science | viewed 321 views times and users have made 0 comments so far
Studies showed that part of the brain putamen (connected to the perception of contempt and disgust) and the insula activated when people see someone they hate. These parts of the brain also activated by romantic love. The putamen could also be involved in the preparation of aggressive acts in a romantic context during the rival situation. It is fascinating to see how both hate and love lead one to make irrational, heroic and evil decisions. The two opposite sentiments lead to the same behaviour because they are triggered from the same part of the brain.