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Schadenfreude

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Wikipedia defn: pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. Urban Dictionary Defn: Watching a vegetarian being told she just ate chicken   There’s something quite amusing about watching a great person fall. It’s tragic, it’s humbling but it’s also probably the one thing that will leave you feeling better about your own life than anything else. Recently the press ran the story of Ben Mwine, a Watoto stalwart who has done his service to that ministry of English Speaking cell based parts of the body of Christ. The story wasn't of the countless souls that probably found comfort through the music the station he used to run. It wasn't about finding out he has managed to carve out a living in an industry that is pretty much dead or  dying . No it was about his 'mistake'. The mistake of having a child before saying his" I Do’s" in front of a packed house of friends and family. A mistake that would require him to make a public confession and appear humb