Many Indians, tired of being painted as the bad guys, are pleased that foreigners too are now getting a taste of militant medicine. This apathy keeps us from addressing the social conditions, the violence, the pain and the injustice that is often present in our world. I heard a Presbyterian minister, on TV, joke about public schools and there was no mistaking the joy he took in their failure. First, we need to remember the Good News that comes to us in the words of Paul. We need to affirm that part of Paul's teaching about Christian love.
Recognition is often the first step to a problem.
We need to become aware of it. Gossip and the spreading of bad news promote the destructive nature of schadenfreude . Christians need to stop the stories. The story of David and Saul is a story that one can explore at many different depths. I am convinced that when one looks into the soul of Saul, one sees an individual who takes malicious glee in the failures of others, and who is absolutely destroyed by their success.