{"id":1900,"date":"2020-06-06T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T16:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/?page_id=1900"},"modified":"2020-06-06T16:01:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T16:01:02","slug":"on-sadism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/on-sadism\/","title":{"rendered":"On Sadism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Funk and Wagnalls def: &#8221; Sadism, <em>n. <\/em>1. <em>psychol.  <\/em>A condition in which sexual <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>gratification depends largely on the infliction of pain on others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. A tendency to take delight in being cruel.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Websters: &#8220;Sadism, <em>n. Psychoanal<\/em>. The pathological derivation of sexual<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>pleasure from inflicting physical or mental pain upon another..&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It strikes me that sadists who normally would have no legitimate  outlet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to express such behavior would naturally gravitate to positions of<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>authority and control, for example,  civilian police, military police<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>or prison guards.; and thereby hangs a tale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such also is the case with &#8220;Walks like a Penguin&#8221;, as demonstrated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>by his attempt to ban Muslims from entering this country,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>his treatment of Mexicans and others on the southern border<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and his filthy, demeaning utterances and tweets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Funk and Wagnalls def: &#8221; Sadism, n. 1. psychol. A condition in which sexual gratification depends largely on the infliction of pain on others. 2. A tendency to take delight in being cruel.&#8221; Websters: &#8220;Sadism, n. Psychoanal. The pathological derivation of sexual pleasure from inflicting physical or mental pain upon another..&#8221; It strikes me that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/on-sadism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;On Sadism&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1900","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1901,"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1900\/revisions\/1901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewalrussaid.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}