Nitrogen dioxide radical is also formed during nitrite-peroxidase reactions, and suggests that multiple mechanisms may be operating during inflammation to nitrosate thiols.
For example, Van Dijk et al. (2005) showed that individuals who were seen to be responsible for their own misfortune evoked more schadenfreude and less sympathy than individuals who were not held responsible for their misfortunes, and that these effects were mediated by the perceived deservingness of the misfortune (i.e., misfortunes for which a target was held responsible were seen as more deserved and in turn elicited more schadenfreude and less sympathy).
Now thou [the sea] must wear an unmix'd crimson; no / Barbaric blood can reconcile us now / Unto that horrible incarnadine, / But friend or foe will roll in civic slaughter.
