athos wrote on Sep 2^nd, 2010 at 2:34pm:


Disagree. Another antonym of enemy is ally, so whilst someone is not your friend, they can be allied to your cause and/or success by not acting against it.

It can be that a person is your enemy even though you are not there's. So whilst your enemy seeks to act against your causes or successes, you do not act against their causes or successes, even though you may act to prevent their acting with ill will against you.

enemies have major value as your teachers

For 40,000 years, Aboriginals had no enemies, here upon the Lost Continent.

...look where it got them.

I have an arsehole at work.
He has even tried to pick a fight with me.
Having been sacked from a previous job for punching an antagonist out, I listened to my wife's voice in my head "Don't hit dickheads!"
So I embarressingly walked away and complained to the office.
Another employee got in a load of trouble for shoving something down this guys throat a few weeks later on.
I just decided to 'work harder' as if possessed by the devil and as if to say "Hey tough guy - see if you can do that!"
It paid off because I was promoted to a shift where I only really have to work 4 out of the 8 hours.

Enemies - love to hate em.
When they push you around, let em push you in a direction ...at least you are going somewhere.

Use the Force Luke.