Klarinet Archive - Posting 001020.txt from 2000/01

From: Neil Leupold <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] americans and foreign languages
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 07:54:01 -0500

--- Rien Stein <rstein@-----.nl> wrote:

> And you know (probably not) the German saying "Die groesste
> Freude ist Schadenfreude"

That's a fairly callous perspective. And it seems, based
on what you wrote before this saying, that you agree with
it. "The greatest joy is malicious pleasure." Or, more
colloquially, the greatest joy is the joy of gloating.
Gloat on, but don't expect anybody to acknowledge you
afterward.

-- Neil
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