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Re: Láadan

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Monday, December 2, 2002, 20:10
Nik Taylor wrote:
> > I don't understand what you don't understand (sorry). Surely one can > > feel just about any emotion (joy, anger, grief, contentment . . .) > > for either a good reason or for a bad reason. > >How can one feel content for a bad reason? That's what I don't >understand. I suppose "joy for a bad reason" would be like >Schadenfreud.
I'm sure a word to mean "joy for a bad reason" could be very useful when talking about people we don't like that much. I find other people finding joy in things I consider deplorable quite often. Andreas _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail