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<blockquote data-quote="Sejs" data-source="post: 1811798" data-attributes="member: 4910">Part of the problem, is that are a number of actions that hurt people, that likewise wouldn't be evil in the D&amp;D sense.-Your husband and I get into a duel, and I come out on top - he, by comparison, comes out a corpse.&nbsp; I have just killed your family's sole provider.&nbsp; This understandably hurts you.&nbsp; Is it evil?&nbsp; Nope.-You and I live down the street from one another in a city that is quarentined due to plague.&nbsp; Food stores have long since run out and people all over are starving to death.&nbsp; One day when I return home, I find a dog rummaging about in my backyard.&nbsp; Thanking the gods for smiling on me, I kill and eat it.&nbsp; Turns out that dog was yours, and therefor my actions have hurt you.&nbsp; Is it evil?&nbsp; Nope.-You're a supervillain, and I break into your base and pilfer the plans for your Galactic Death Ray.&nbsp; And also your coffee mug.&nbsp; Now not only do you not have a way to destroy the universe, you also can't have any coffee.&nbsp; This hurts you.&nbsp; It is evil?&nbsp; Nope.Anyway, all I'm saying is that it's not always cut and dry.&nbsp; There's really no single criteria that can be applied universally to answer a question of whether something is evil or not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sejs, post: 1811798, member: 4910"] Part of the problem, is that are a number of actions that hurt people, that likewise wouldn't be evil in the D&D sense. -Your husband and I get into a duel, and I come out on top - he, by comparison, comes out a corpse. I have just killed your family's sole provider. This understandably hurts you. Is it evil? Nope. -You and I live down the street from one another in a city that is quarentined due to plague. Food stores have long since run out and people all over are starving to death. One day when I return home, I find a dog rummaging about in my backyard. Thanking the gods for smiling on me, I kill and eat it. Turns out that dog was yours, and therefor my actions have hurt you. Is it evil? Nope. -You're a supervillain, and I break into your base and pilfer the plans for your Galactic Death Ray. And also your coffee mug. Now not only do you not have a way to destroy the universe, you also can't have any coffee. This hurts you. It is evil? Nope. Anyway, all I'm saying is that it's not always cut and dry. There's really no single criteria that can be applied universally to answer a question of whether something is evil or not. [/QUOTE]

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