For The Worst Of Us, The Diagnosis May Be 'Evil' (*Sensitive Reader Caution)

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There is no such thing as Evil... don't believe me? Try and define it...

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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:

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There is no such thing as Evil... don't believe me? Try and define it...

OK. Evil is attempting to make other ppl's lives as horrible as possible, and inflicting physical or mental pain

That's a good one. So that doesn't include some one/thing that doesn't care if it causes pain?

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Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
in the strict sense, yes
but the world is full of implications
for instance, the tsunami in Asia was terrible, but not evil.

ok.

You've got me stummped... but I know I had a point.

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Wilse wrote:
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But what about all those evildoers who hate freedom, aren't they evil?
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So Evil is anything that inhibits freedom!!! :-D



I shal liberate my door from it's evil hinges... which themselves need to be liberated from their evil screws...

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KennyR wrote:
And once upon a time, epilepsy meant you were possessed by demons.

No-one could argue that predatory killers like serial murderers are "normal". There is obviously something wrong with them, either by birth or how they were treated in youth.

The nature of these people's crimes makes it hard ever to accept that they are comitting them because they are "sick", but they are. A normal person cannot do these things. There are too many psychological safeguards.

There was my point! :-D There is no evil just aceptable and unaceptable :-P