> I briefly had a look at a thick, black book written by the Austrian
> psychologist Wilhelm Stekel called _Sadism and Masochism: The Psychology of
> Hatred and Cruelty_. I spent the next hour crying and throwing up.
>
> Here is a quote:
>
> "The pleasure in cruelty manifested by civilized man arises from his
> egocentric point of view ... All displeasure is granted to other people, if
> only we may be spared. Only the martyr takes another's pain upon himself; to
> be sure, because the consciousness of this affords him pleasure. He is a
> pathological character and already belongs in the field of sexual
> pathology."
>
> Does anyone know who Wilhelm Stekel is and what he stands for?

> On Sep 14, 6:42 pm, "Scott H" wrote:
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>> I briefly had a look at a thick, black book written by the Austrian
>> psychologist Wilhelm Stekel called _Sadism and Masochism: The Psychology of
>> Hatred and Cruelty_. I spent the next hour crying and throwing up.

>

>> Here is a quote:

>

>> "The pleasure in cruelty manifested by civilized man arises from his
>> egocentric point of view ... All displeasure is granted to other people, if
>> only we may be spared. Only the martyr takes another's pain upon himself; to
>> be sure, because the consciousness of this affords him pleasure. He is a
>> pathological character and already belongs in the field of sexual
>> pathology."

>

>> Does anyone know who Wilhelm Stekel...

> On Sep 14, 8:52 pm, Don Stockbauer hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sep 14, 6:42 pm, "Scott H" wrote:

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>>> I briefly had a look at a thick, black book written by the Austrian
>>> psychologist Wilhelm Stekel called _Sadism and Masochism: The Psychology of
>>> Hatred and Cruelty_. I spent the next hour crying and throwing up.

>

>>> Here is a quote:

>

>>> "The pleasure in cruelty manifested by civilized man arises from his
>>> egocentric point of view ... All displeasure is granted to other people, if
>>> only we may be spared. Only the martyr takes another's pain upon himself; to
>>> be sure, because the consciousness of this affords him pleasure. He is a
>>> pathological character and already belongs in the field of sexual
>>> pathology."

> ...

> On Sep 15, 12:54 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> On Sep 14, 8:52 pm, Don Stockbauer hotmail.com> wrote:

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>>> On Sep 14, 6:42 pm, "Scott H" wrote:

>

>>>> I briefly had a look at a thick, black book written by the Austrian
>>>> psychologist Wilhelm Stekel called _Sadism and Masochism: The Psychology of
>>>> Hatred and Cruelty_. I spent the next hour crying and throwing up.

>

>>>> Here is a quote:

>

>>>> "The pleasure in cruelty manifested by civilized man arises from his
>>>> egocentric point of view ... All displeasure is granted to other people, if
>>>> only we may be spared. Only the martyr takes another's pain upon himself; to ...

> On Sep 15, 12:54 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> On Sep 14, 8:52 pm, Don Stockbauer hotmail.com> wrote:

>

>>> On Sep 14, 6:42 pm, "Scott H" wrote:

>

>>>> I briefly had a look at a thick, black book written by the Austrian
>>>> psychologist Wilhelm Stekel called _Sadism and Masochism: The Psychology of
>>>> Hatred and Cruelty_. I spent the next hour crying and throwing up.

>

>>>> Here is a quote:

>

>>>> "The pleasure in cruelty manifested by civilized man arises from his
>>>> egocentric point of view ... All displeasure is granted to other people, if
>>>> only we may be spared. Only the martyr takes another's pain upon himself; to
>>>> be sure, because the consciousness of this affords him pleasure. He is a
>>>> pathological character and already belongs in the field of sexual ...