![]() Part of the absorbing pleasure of online interaction is the chance it proffers to us to feel outraged. ![]() But it is also something we can see within the human heart more generally. ![]() It is definitely absurd - I think we can all recognise that. The thing that is intriguing about this episode is not that it is unusual. But instead of putting all that aside and enjoying the wedding day of her daughter, the mother of the bride insisted on arriving more than thirty minutes late - seemingly so that the second wedding would be humiliated by their mistake.Ĭlearly, the pleasure of righteous indignation was more attractive than the simple joy and beauty of a wedding day. The first wedding was clearly the slighted party, and had a genuine grievance. There was a real danger of overlapping guests and even the possibility that - horror of horrors - the brides might meet. There were two weddings at the church that day only, the second wedding had, without consulting anyone, brought their time forward by one hour. I once saw this graphically illustrated at a wedding. ![]() We prefer the chance to unleash some justified human anger to pretty much any other feeling. Of all the emotions, it seems to me that righteous rage is the most intoxicating of all. Anger is a pretty pathetic form of entertainment, but when used correctly it's a gift that can inspire us to right the injustices of the world, writes Michael Jensen. ![]()
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