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<blockquote data-quote="AntiStateQuixote" data-source="post: 3477228" data-attributes="member: 30770">Actually, the fact that anyone marked himself/herself as evil leaves me intensely curious and vaguely disturbed.I am disturbed because I consider myself a member of the ENWorld community, and I find it very hard to believe that I would associate with anyone who is truly evil.&nbsp; Obviously I do not have personal knowledge of most ENWorlders' moral or ethical compasses, but I find it strange that we have a fair number (percentage wise) of &quot;evil&quot; members, and I cannot recall seeing this ethos expressed with any regularity on the boards.I'm curious because I don't understand how a person could name himself/herself evil.&nbsp; What makes a person believe that s/he is actually evil?&nbsp; Does a self-professed evil person purposely pursue evil ends, or is selfish pursuit of personal ends without regard to morality sufficient to make a person evil?&nbsp; Are these people evil in thought or deeds or both?While I believe that truly evil people exist, I think that they are exceedingly rare.&nbsp; Evil people exhibit severe aberrations of normal human behavior often including the inability to recognize right from wrong.&nbsp; So, even truly evil people would not name themselves evil in a poll such as this because they don't think of their actions as wrong and therefore evil.I believe that most of the self-proclaimed evil people fall into one of four categories:1) they thought it would be funny to say they are evil.2) they thought it would be &quot;cool&quot; to say they are evil.3) they believe that their selfishness makes them evil.4) they saw evil under-represented and decided to balance the poll.I also believe that I am taking this thread far too seriously.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AntiStateQuixote, post: 3477228, member: 30770"] Actually, the fact that anyone marked himself/herself as evil leaves me intensely curious and vaguely disturbed. I am disturbed because I consider myself a member of the ENWorld community, and I find it very hard to believe that I would associate with anyone who is truly evil. Obviously I do not have personal knowledge of most ENWorlders' moral or ethical compasses, but I find it strange that we have a fair number (percentage wise) of "evil" members, and I cannot recall seeing this ethos expressed with any regularity on the boards. I'm curious because I don't understand how a person could name himself/herself evil. What makes a person believe that s/he is actually evil? Does a self-professed evil person purposely pursue evil ends, or is selfish pursuit of personal ends without regard to morality sufficient to make a person evil? Are these people evil in thought or deeds or both? While I believe that truly evil people exist, I think that they are exceedingly rare. Evil people exhibit severe aberrations of normal human behavior often including the inability to recognize right from wrong. So, even truly evil people would not name themselves evil in a poll such as this because they don't think of their actions as wrong and therefore evil. I believe that most of the self-proclaimed evil people fall into one of four categories: 1) they thought it would be funny to say they are evil. 2) they thought it would be "cool" to say they are evil. 3) they believe that their selfishness makes them evil. 4) they saw evil under-represented and decided to balance the poll. I also believe that I am taking this thread far too seriously. [/QUOTE]

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