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Article: That scrumptious dish, best served cold: say what you will about revenge (it's mean, it's pointless, it's bad for the soul), Joni Evans makes a case for the motivating force--and exquisite thrill--of a big, fat, triumphant so-there!(connections)
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- O, The Oprah Magazine
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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REVENGE IS UNDERRATED. WHAT could be more exhilarating than getting payback after suffering a real injustice. (He left you for another woman after you made him who he is? They thought you weren't good enough for the club? Your trusted coworker stole your idea and got promoted?)
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I'm not talking about vindictive retaliation--you know, the King James Bible's eye-for-an-eye thing or Genghis Kahn's belief that man's greatest work is to break his enemies, nor do I mean the road rage mantra ("You cut me off? I have to kill your young!"). I am not talking about blood feuds (Hatfields versus McCoys) or even Schadenfreude mean-spiritedness ...