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<blockquote data-quote="Yalius" data-source="post: 3578235" data-attributes="member: 18855">I guess that the way I see it, if a person is serious about wanting to do evil, even if he's outwardly held in check by fear of punishment, he's probably going to find some way to indulge those evil impulses. When he thinks nobody is watching, or he can get away with it, he'll do it. If he genuinely refrains from doing all evil actions for fear of getting caught, well, his heart really isn't in it. He's neutral. But those little evils that Bob does, like throwing rocks at dogs, or knocking birds' nests out of trees, or laughing at the child with the port-wine stain, those are the little evils that an evil soul would indulge in. The things that are so minor we excuse them. But they're still the outlet for an evil soul that doesn't want to get caught. If he really refrained from doing all of those minor little things that people overlook, well, that's just not evil in my book.It's kind of like that Goth kid who loves to act like he's the next in line to Satan himself, loves to read all about serial killers, loves to shock people. He loves to think &quot;I'm EVILLLLLL, your morality means nothing to me!&quot; but he still refrains from doing anything actually harmful. And he always says that if he got the chance he's going to show everybody just what he thinks of them and their quaint morality. He ain't evil. He might like to think he is, but he ain't. And, yeah, I DM'd for him years ago.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yalius, post: 3578235, member: 18855"] I guess that the way I see it, if a person is serious about wanting to do evil, even if he's outwardly held in check by fear of punishment, he's probably going to find some way to indulge those evil impulses. When he thinks nobody is watching, or he can get away with it, he'll do it. If he genuinely refrains from doing [I]all [/I]evil actions for fear of getting caught, well, his heart really isn't in it. He's neutral. But those little evils that Bob does, like throwing rocks at dogs, or knocking birds' nests out of trees, or laughing at the child with the port-wine stain, those are the little evils that an evil soul would indulge in. The things that are so minor we excuse them. But they're still the outlet for an evil soul that doesn't want to get caught. If he really refrained from doing all of those minor little things that people overlook, well, that's just not evil in my book. It's kind of like that Goth kid who loves to act like he's the next in line to Satan himself, loves to read all about serial killers, loves to shock people. He loves to think "I'm EVILLLLLL, your morality means nothing to me!" but he still refrains from doing anything actually harmful. And he always says that if he got the chance he's going to show everybody just what he thinks of them and their quaint morality. He ain't evil. He might like to think he is, but he ain't. And, yeah, I DM'd for him years ago. [/QUOTE]

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