The opposite of hate is often called love, but love can be selfish and one-sided. In situations like this horrendous massacre at Virginia Tech, it seems like a truer antithesis to hate would be caring.

Caring involves giving something of yourself, which is supposed to be true of love as well. However the entity that is love has gotten melted down and pureed in the media machine, resulting in shows that poke fun at the institution of marriage with the bitchy wife and stupid husband, or the over-caffienated, over-sponsored romance machines like the Bachelor.

So I guess the true opposite of hate is love that involves caring, giving, sacrificing - putting someone's needs above your own rather than seeing what you can get out of the relationship.

Care for someone today.