Brave New World, dystopia or functional society?

Im sure most of you have read Huxleys novel "Brave New World". He clearlly portarays this world as a less then plesent place. And i must admit even i am emotionally tied to this imperfect existance, and prefer it to Huxley's world.

 But is this society full of love and hate, emotion and war (reletive) freedom, and disorder really better the the ordered peacefull society of BNW?  Are our emotions something that is worth the pain that they bring? Now some of you will say "we all just need to love" but as i often say you cant have love without hate. an emotional being will do both.

So, what do you think the pros and cons of a BNWlike society are, and do you think that such a society is inevitable?

 Further do you think that someone from 300 years ago would view our society as being just as frightning and inhuman, as we view BNW?