Does damage create hate?

[Ransurian]

Most people I've run across believe that damage creates hate / threat / aggro, but I've heard a few people say that damage dealt doesn't actually influence one's threat generation. Taken to its logical extreme, would this not imply that -- for example -- a naked player with zero weapon skill could create more aggro than someone who's doing lots of damage to a target, assuming the naked player's weapon has a slightly better ratio?