Re: Láadan
| From: | taliesin the storyteller <taliesin@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 2, 2002, 9:32 |
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* Nik Taylor said on 2002-12-02 05:42:56 +0100
> > 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.
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> How can one feel content for a bad reason?
content, but should be happy
content, but should be depressed, ashamed
If 'content' is a lower/weaker form of happiness and joy, then "content but
for a bad reason" could be just a smidgeon of schadenfreude and not
the entire chuckle.
t., who thinks too much