On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, James Nutley wrote:

  Love is not doing one's duty and doing what one likes after that; it 
is complete selflessness, the complete purging from oneself of all desire 
contrary to the interest of the beloved and the relationship with the 
beloved. Your Ranma does not love Akane at all.

Dang!  I'm a big OMG, Belldandy and Keiichi fan, and I'm in favor of 
THIS definition of Love!  The "complete purging" stuff makes me think of 
the recent revenge fic where the author (of that fic) ended up the 
"brainless wifebot" of an enhanced Kasumi.

I've never been in love, and even I know that love can mean different 
things to different people.  Some would call that "purging oneself" 
definition love.  I would take pity on such people.  If I were ever to 
love someone (yeah right) I would want them to love me back, but I would 
*never* want them to give up themselves for me.  There is such a thing 
as asking too much.  I don't know where to draw the line, but I can see 
plainly that this is beyond it, IMOHO.

(Mouse quickly hides before Jody can find him and extract a confession of 
love ;)

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