From: Smigrodzki, Rafal (SmigrodzkiR@msx.upmc.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 21 2002 - 17:04:55 MDT
Forrest Bishop [mailto:forrestb@ix.netcom.com] wrote:
Closely related to coveting, the desire to possess that which belongs to
someone else. There is a word in German that translates as
"joy in the distress of others", e.g. the fascination found in watching a
car wreck, a war, or a boxing match.. Each of these
phenomena might be considered diffrent aspects of *perception of relative
gain*.
### Ahh, the precious Schadenfreude!! Yesss, the dark pleasure of seing the
other guy stumble.
Rafal
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