You are right to say that fox hunters derive huge pleasure from chasing foxes, but wrong to say that they derive pleasure from killing them.

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"The freedoms offered by the internet should never extend to protecting those who derive pleasure from harming the most innocent section of our society, " he said.

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Similarly, the EPA seems to derive perverse pleasure from fining refiners for failing to use nonexistent fuels.

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And part of the pleasure we derive from them is the knowledge that we could be reading something better.

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It is fascinating, and full of that morbid pleasure we derive from knowing in scientific detail the causes of doom (books on Ebola sell too).

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Aside from the intrinsic pleasure that many of athletes derive from their sport, friendly competition can be a huge motivator for them to put in their best.

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