[lbo-talk] Re: house of pain: who's the landlord?

[frank scott]

"To exercise this power with abandon is not only to
court being cruel but, when cruelty occurs, to _enjoy_ the pain, the
suffering, the agony that cruelty causes.  'To practice cruelty is to
enjoy the highest' - note the adjective: _the highest_ - 'gratification
of the feeling of power.'  To _enjoy_ the exercise of power is, in
effect, to _be_ cruel: This is Nietzsche's hard teaching."

sounds like  DeSade, but without the sex...

fs