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Stardate: Thursday, August 08, 2002

Excerpted from dictionary.com

e·vil
adj. e·vil·er, e·vil·est
1. Morally bad or wrong; wicked: an evil tyrant.
2. Causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful: the evil effects of a poor diet.
3. Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous: evil omens.
4. Bad or blameworthy by report; infamous: an evil reputation.
5. Characterized by anger or spite; malicious: an evil temper.

I bring this up because Saddam Hussein has referred to Britain and the U.S. as Evil Forces.

Incidently, after the September 11th attacks, George W. Bush called Usama bin Laden an "evil-doer."

bin Laden referred to the U.S. as being evil.

Many people would say that Lex Luthor is evil.

He is.

As for the rest..........yes they are as well. And why? I cite number 2 definition above. "Causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful" By that definition, anyone save pacifists can be evil. Whether these people perceive themselves as justified or not doesn't play into it. It's all down to what they do. As in cause harm to others.

I don't agree with bin Laden. Again (and in the paranoid age we live in I feel constantly compelled to spell this out) I AM NOT A TERRORIST, nor do I wish ANY harm to come to anyone. I am not an activist, and am too lazy to even consider doing anything about it. All I am saying is that this concept of "evil" is too tricky a thing to be thrown around as casually as it has been. And since it is being thrown around casually, let's just ignore it. I mean who exactly is qualified to judge such a thing?

This word -- "evil" is being used as a buzz word which is supposed to prove that they are wrong and we are right; whoever "they" and "we" may be. Let's quit it and just get back to the basics. If people would stop fighting over petty land rights and just agree that this world is OURS (collectively) and that we should just share it, maybe we could just move on. Let's face it. If we turn the mirror on ourselves (humanity) we will find that we are all mostly evil in some way or another. I am not preaching religion, but we have to fight for our inherent goodness. We have come back from the depths of depravity that we have allowed ourselves to sink to.

Can't we all just get along?
:: J 12:19 PM [+] ::
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