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To: jmacusa

I don’t quite get “shame joy” from schadenfreude. I believe it means taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others.


3 posted on 11/13/2010 1:08:56 PM PST by chickadee
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To: chickadee

It’s German. ‘Shame joy’’. It’s means taking pleasure or ‘’joy’’ (’’fun’’) in someone else’s misfortune. It forms the basis of almost all comedy


4 posted on 11/13/2010 1:16:18 PM PST by jmacusa (Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
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To: chickadee

Here’s one thing the scriptures have to say on the matter -

17 ¶ Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19 ¶ Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.


5 posted on 11/13/2010 1:22:03 PM PST by mbj
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