17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Tim May <tcmay@got.net> observered:
In German we have this concept called "schadenfreude," which basically means "delight at the misfortune of others."
Or, more Calvinistically, delight that the chickens have come home to roost, that evolution is indeed working, and that people are getting what they earned.
Ja, schadenfreude (a true gem of a word) is a appropriate response to any geldverlegenheit which might bedevil some dummkopf who sneers at a good-hearted effort to jump a language barrier. ----- Vin McLellan + The Privacy Guild + <vin@shore.net> 53 Nichols St., Chelsea, MA 02150 USA <617> 884-5548 -- <@><@> --