Can't agree with Amit Kalantri there. Love triumphs all. It's the purest, strongest, strangest and the most mysterious emotion of all. In fact, it is said that God is made of unconditional love.
Politeness, on the other hand, can be fake. There are quite a few people in history who were very polite on the outside and a serial killer on the inside. Had they had love for other people they wouldn't have gone on mindless killing.
Really? I think that some people are unlovable. Someone may love them, even the serial killer is defended by someone, but the ordinary human does not love everyone, even if that is the goal. TBH, some people can rub you the wrong way, sometimes without reason. You just know that this person is looking for your destruction, and it's hard to love someone that way.
But then, it begs the question, what is love, besides a vague term? Love means different things to different people. For the abused individual it may mean affection, for the independent person it may mean trust.
Although I bear no one any ill will. I cannot say that I love everyone, some people never touch my heart, in this case politeness will do.
I was talking in terms of love vs politeness. Love is the fundamental truth or reality. Politeness is just an aspect of the human mind. For example, relationships are expressed through love and not politeness. I don't think a mother loves her children because she's trying to be polite to them but the fact that, she loves them and often times, their love is unconditional. As in, it doesn't attach any condition to it - like for example, conditions like, if you are polite to me, in return I'll be polite to you. Anyway, that's how one defines the term of love and it's never vague as I have clearly defined it.
Didn't Jesus love all even his enemies btw? In fact, all the great ones past or present talk about love and almost never politeness.
Also, how do you define politeness? I can be polite to you but in truth I may not even like and probably cursing in my head? I don't think you can fake love that way. Also, a loving person is typically polite.
You can be polite to everyone if you choose it I suppose and not necessarily love everyone, but that doesn't mean you are being true to your feelings. Love means being true to your feelings. Even if you love only two people, you truly love these people; therefore, you are being true to your feelings. On the other hand, you can be polite to everyone but you are most probably not being true to your feelings. You probably hate most of them. lol (nothing personal just thought that was funny!). Everything is a matter of perception anyway. The person you hate is probably loved by many. Anyway, there's only one fundamental truth or reality out there and that's love. But of course it is also the greatest mystery of all.
Anyway, we can definitely agree to disagree as well. 
We need jesse james here, herc!
well we can always send him a pm at tennis4you emma.
I don't think he will listen to me. I think you can invite him to Emma's café for a cup of coffee and a little friendly chat.
and hopefully he will warm up to this place.
lets face the facts: tennis4you is like a graveyard. it is nearly dead.
at least we have a few people here that can one can interact with.
we also a hell of a lot cleaner than other forums. this place is simple to navigate and easy on the eye.
there is something for everybody here.
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“A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other wolf is good. he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you."
The son thought about it for a minute and then asked, "Which wolf will win?"
The old man replied simply, "The one you feed.”
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“A fight is going on inside me," said an old man to his son. "It is a terrible fight between two wolves. One wolf is evil. He is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other wolf is good. he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. The same fight is going on inside you."
The son thought about it for a minute and then asked, "Which wolf will win?"
The old man replied simply, "The one you feed.”
― Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
absolutely brilliant stuff.
