Re: [DL] Re: Playing the Dark Side...

["Jesse Wells" <happyfunball@hotmail.com>]

>---->  You're all getting so darn philosophical I
>thought I should throw in my penny's worth...
>
>     Evil can be kind of subjective. As far as a
>selfish person is concerned, his actions may not be
>evil at all. Killing a person, even in self-defence is
>evil (Judaism and Christianity have this as a big
>no-no in their Commandments, I don't know about other
>religions). But if a person's actions have the intent
>of good coming out of them (stealing the cure for a
>disease to give to people who need it), is that evil?
>
>     I think there is a difference between being -bad-
>(doing bad things out of selfishness or necessity) and
>being -evil- (mudering for the sake of it, or to serve
>a dark purpose. This means that stealing a kid's toy
>just to see her cry is evil, but certainly then there
>are degrees of evil. And serving the Reckoners is
>definately evil.
>
>     I would let a PC be bad (in fact one of my PCs-
>Angel-Eyes, is not a nice man), but only NPCs serve
>the Reckoners, simple as that.
>
>            - Marshal Thorn
>      (Tinhorn with an honours degree in Bullsh*t)
>

An interesting conversation that I would like to continue, the definition of 
evil, but it should probably be moved to the OT list.

Jesse "Will wonders never cease, no profanity this time!" Wells





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