"It's easier to hate than forgive."

This line really caught my attention in Jobnik!. I agree with it 100% that it's easier to hate than forgive. Actually, I was just in Madison for Halloween and I'd say this situation applies:

My friend was dressed as a Flying Spaghetti Monster. He used painted tubing, basically creating a giant necklace of foam pasta with two brown styrofoam meatballs stuck into the tubing with toothpicks and a pair of huge googly eyes. For those who appreciated the reference, this costume elicited many squeals of delight, high-fives, and generally positive feedback.

We're happily walking along and, next thing we know, a scantily clad girl in short shorts and some skimpy excuse for a "top" said, "EXCUSE me," as she gripped a meatball and ran off into the crowd. It was not playful, friendly, or flirtatious; it seemed that she was trying to destroy annihilate the entire costume. What good would this do her?

Even though it wasn't MY costume, I was really p/o-ed! That was completely unnecessary, I thought, If she doesn't like Pastafarianism, she doesn't have to look at his costume. It's Madison - there were DEFINITELY plenty of other costumes to look at.

I told my friend I wanted to go find that girl and yell at her. "I can take her," I said, noting that she was smaller than me. "No," my friend said, "it's not that big a deal."

Why do people do random vicious things to strangers? It's such a waste of energy. Anyway, I spent probably five to ten minutes of my life thinking lashon harah about this girl. Rather than just moving on with the night and being happy there was still SOME costume left, I lost life time fantasizing about this young woman choking on a meatball over dinner. Or getting served yucky raw meatballs. Or... That's not the point. I'm doing it right now.

Anyway, I STILL haven't forgiven this girl I'll probably never see again! I'd say that it really IS easier to hate than forgive.

ps: I'm not usually this vengeful. It's one thing to respond, and completely another to attack. This attack on my buddy was uncalled for.