Gillymor you are fortunate to assume there is some form of reason for the behavior of some people.
This implies to me that you may have never known the absolute evil that drives a select few social psychopaths. The pleasure derived by the select few through torture, cruelty and meanness beyond comprehension is almost orgasmic. That's Joe
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