--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" > > <curtisdeltablues@> wrote: > > > > > > "> Enjoying pain implies empathy, just inverted." > > > > > > No. That is not how they are processing it according to this > > > author. A sadist may operate the way you describe, from empathy. > > > But the result is that sociopaths experience pleasure in > tormenting > > > others as if it is a game and they are winning. Are you arguing > > > points from a book you haven't read? > > > > I believe he was commenting on what *you* said, > > actually: "Wherever they are they take delight > > in tormenting people." You did read the book, > > right? > > > > Also Sal's remark (although she hasn't read the > > book): > > > > "Right, most just live for the thrill of > > tormenting others, in either petty or much > > larger ways, whatever they can get away with." > > > > Neither of these characterizations shows up in > > any of the material I've read about sociopathy. > > > > To the extent that sociopaths "torment" people, > > they do it as a way of getting something they > > want from them; they don't do it just for the > > fun of it. The "delight" is in getting what they > > wanted, not in seeing the other person in pain. > > That was Lawson's point, I think. > > > You seem to know the field well.
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