Shame in Glee

What kind of horrible person must I be to find glee in another's misery? My first, knee-jerk response is "the human kind". But that's not entirely realistic. There are plenty of human kinds out there with enough compassion in their heart and love in their lives to reject this kind of behavior. UNFORTUNATELY I'm not one of them.

I'm active on a fan message board for one of my favorite bands. The other members sometimes participate in band-bashing for groups they don't like. And special thanks to the world wide web for fabulous stories of bad band members behaving badly. There is a man who was, until recently, the lead singer of a pseudo-Christian rock band. This man found himself in an awkward situation where some others were taking advantage of his fall from grace and lonely place in life. And it was HILARIOUS! One half of me was saying, oh this poor guy, I feel so sorry for him. The other half of me was saying, he's so sorry and this is so funny. How to reconcile these two opposites?

Suck it up and have a beer!