Is there ever a time to take pleasure in someone else's misery?

[Jabberwocky]

Considering the fact that I'm to be at the mercy of the gorgeous pouting mojo1 in a few weeks' time, I found the thread title slightly alarming.

 

I dont want to alarm you or anything, you know its not in my nature to be nasty but:

 

 

http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/images/misery.jpg

[Dozy]

Dozy,

 

I think sometimes crap just happens - whether to 5 year old kids or 50 year old adults.

 

Things may happen to people that are just random events - to blame everything on 'What goes around, comes around' isn't really possible.

 

I don't think anyone is suggesting that an 8 year old deserves to be tortured to death; the implication here is that the torturer would get soem big time crap from Karma thrown on them. Also, there is a big difference between fate and Karma - they're not the same concept at all.

 

I quite agree with you.

 

Which is exactly why I was questioning Starsparkle's unqualified statement that:

 

"Fate will ensure we all receive what we deserve - fairness and rightness works itself out in the end. We need only to leave it to karma. It sorts the world out fairly."

 

And, not having giving the concepts that much thought, I merely accepted Starsparkle's inference that fate and karma were one and the same.

[Dozy]

I dont want to alarm you or anything, you know its not in my nature to be nasty but:

 

 

http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/images/misery.jpg

 

Now look, Mr Man, we've already been there and done that elsewhere - so stop trying to wind up poor Purdy!

 

I'm sure Mojo will prove to be a saint in human form when it comes to tenderly administering help and assistance to Purdy in her hours of need!

 

 

(But then, I always have been a crap judge of character.)

[Jabberwocky]

Now look, Mr Man, we've already been there and done that elsewhere - so stop trying to wind up poor Purdy!

 

I'm sure Mojo will prove to be a saint in human form when it comes to tenderly administering help and assistance to Purdy in her hours of need!

 

 

(But then, I always have been a crap judge of character.)

 

I know its been done before but I just cant resist

[StarSparkle]

Is that why all my enemies are tossers and I'm a millionaire.

 

 

If you think that being materially wealthy is the most important thing in life - there's nothing left to say to you. What happened to you? I thought you used to be a Socialist with a decent value system?

 

Anyway, I'm gone from here, to find out where all the old, decent Forummers have gone. Enjoy your new possession.

 

StarSparkle

[StarSparkle]

Not at all.

 

Karma is karma - what will be will be.

 

I will never go out of my way to hurt anyone, and I do not take any enjoyment in anyone's suffering. In fact, it hurts me to see suffering. I sometimes can feel physically ill myself I can get so upset at how so-called human beings can treat their fellow man.

 

To think that someone could take pleasure in someone's else's misery makes me feel physically sick.

 

To know that karma will make its way round to everyone is comforting though. Fate will ensure we all receive what we deserve - fairness and rightness works itself out in the end. We need only to leave it to karma. It sorts the world out fairly.

 

StarSparkle

My bold

 

If that's the case, then I'm afraid I'm struggling to understand what an 8 year old child could have done to "deserve" to be tortured to death?

 

Or what exactly is fair and right about what happened to the the 5 children in this case.

 

Or doesn't "fate" or "karma" apply to defenceless children?

 

You obviously don't understand what I'm talking about.

 

Karma isn't just restricted to this life we have here and now. Karma relates to our soul.

 

StarSparkle

[wolfstalin]

Aha I see, karmic jam tomorrow for today you suffer.

 

Harold would be proud, you've extended the 'you've never had it so good' statement to encompass the religious side as well.

 

TOTAL TOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[daftlad]

This morning I was woken up at around 8:30 to the sounds of Kier repairing the windows in the foyer of my block of flats.

After about 10 minutes I could hear the man upstairs from me wailing for them to shut up.

This made me smile.

As I am in the process of trying to have him and his screeching wife removed from the block for anti social behaviour, mainly noise, I feel my pleasure was justified.

Have you ever felt justified in taking pleasure from anothers misfortune?

 

 

 

 

YES

When Thatcher was got rid of I was absolutely delerious, when it showed her leaving downing street, with tears rolling down her face. It was enough to bring tears to a glass eye and when the old bag dies well, we can all have a street party

[mojo1]

I dont want to alarm you or anything, you know its not in my nature to be nasty but:

 

 

http://blogs.citypages.com/amadzine/images/misery.jpg

 

Damn you!! I was going to have that as my avatar whilst I was caring for the bed bound Ms Amos! You've ruined it now:suspect:

[Jabberwocky]

Damn you!! I was going to have that as my avatar whilst I was caring for the bed bound Ms Amos! You've ruined it now:suspect:

 

Allow me to take pleasure in your misery.

 

 

 

muhahahahah!!!!!