Resentment

Resentment is the experience of a negative emotion (anger or hatred, for instance) felt as a result of a real or imagined wrong done.

In the new world of downloads and torrents I have been trolling through the contents of different websites that host torrents:

http://isohunt.com/
http://eztv.it/
http://www.xtvi.com
http://www.mininova.org/
http://thebox.bz

So whats the connection?

I was lucky enough to find a new show about an old show, all about different classes and kinds of people throughout the world; "Alan Whicker's Journey of a Lifetime".

Still don't see the connection do you?

Image by fataetoile/ Cinzia Rizzo via Flickr

Whicker mentioned something very insightful after an interview with a multimillionaire, way back in 1952. At the time the interview was very well taken by the British public and, in fact, people felt sorry for the main characters as they seemed to have sad lives, even if they were in a fairy tale existence.

Whicker mentioned that today, in 2009, he felt that those with money would not receive pity from the audience as we have a society of resentment.

Resentment

And that clinches the deal for me. I now understand why people get so mean and childish when it comes to superstars of all kinds. I don't agree with it. I don't like it. But there's a limit.

Journalists following stars (not even superstars!) by car and moped and bike - a la Diana - still occurs and they still get paid by magazines to do it.

And that's because we resent their success, their money and their lives. Sad isn't it?



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