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RE: Schadenfreude
October 7, 2014 at 10:17 am
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We watch horror movies, reality tv (including er, cops, and "murder porn"), and we rubberneck at crashes - are any of these activities immoral?
(for the record, I say no - and all I see in shadenfreude is a coping mechanism - familiarizing ourselves with tragedy, practicing for death - the cathartic release that you might get from tragedy requires that you empathize with the unfortunate individual in the first place, and from that angle...it doesn't sound so horrible as "deriving joy from the misfortune of others" - even though that's exactly what all of the examples above are. I'm just glad it wasn't me - this time, hell..that's reason enough to pour a drink)
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RE: Schadenfreude
October 7, 2014 at 11:24 am
I think it's immoral if someone doesn't deserve the bad thing happen to them.
But it's the most funny thing in the world seeing someone who deserves to have something bad happen to them.
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RE: Schadenfreude
October 7, 2014 at 12:44 pm
Moslem extremists blowing themselves up while building a bomb intended for an orphanage.
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RE: Schadenfreude
October 7, 2014 at 1:32 pm
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I've felt it, sure. And I think it's sometimes okay to feel it -- when the misfortune falls into the category of "just desserts", I'm cool with a little "shady joy".
(October 7, 2014 at 12:44 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Moslem extremists blowing themselves up while building a bomb intended for an orphanage.
... and to get a dose of irony, leaving behind children.
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RE: Schadenfreude
October 7, 2014 at 1:42 pm
(October 7, 2014 at 10:17 am)Rhythm Wrote: We watch horror movies, reality tv (including er, cops, and "murder porn"), and we rubberneck at crashes - are any of these activities immoral?
(for the record, I say no - and all I see in shadenfreude is a coping mechanism - familiarizing ourselves with tragedy, practicing for death - the cathartic release that you might get from tragedy requires that you empathize with the unfortunate individual in the first place, and from that angle...it doesn't sound so horrible as "deriving joy from the misfortune of others" - even though that's exactly what all of the examples above are. I'm just glad it wasn't me - this time, hell..that's reason enough to pour a drink)
Yep, that's it. No irony required.
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RE: Schadenfreude
October 7, 2014 at 5:18 pm
I frequently have feelings of schadenfreude but I never have any choice in it, the feelings just happen. If these feelings are sometimes "immoral" but I have no control over having them does that mean I am an "immoral" person?
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RE: Schadenfreude
October 7, 2014 at 5:25 pm
(October 7, 2014 at 5:18 pm)pgrimes15 Wrote: I frequently have feelings of schadenfreude but I never have any choice in it, the feelings just happen. If these feelings are sometimes "immoral" but I have no control over having them does that mean I am an "immoral" person?
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I sure hope we will not be ultimately judged for our feelings. As you say they just happen.
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RE: Schadenfreude
October 7, 2014 at 5:28 pm
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RE: Schadenfreude
October 7, 2014 at 5:38 pm
(October 7, 2014 at 5:18 pm)pgrimes15 Wrote: I frequently have feelings of schadenfreude but I never have any choice in it, the feelings just happen. If these feelings are sometimes "immoral" but I have no control over having them does that mean I am an "immoral" person?
No. You are made immoral by your actions, not thoughts.
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RE: Schadenfreude
October 7, 2014 at 5:51 pm
I generally do not take pleasure in the misfortune of others, rather I tend to feel compassion, pity, empathy, etc.
However, when the misfortune is a direct and foreseeable result of something truly idiotic the person did, I make exceptions.
I don't think this makes me immoral, I think it makes me human.
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