Who is more evil?

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The world is made of good and evil people. There are some, who are nothing but emperors of evilness. Stalin was one such person. There are many like him. But we also have evil persons in our society who are generally not considered evil, but are evil. Evilness can take several forms, but which one is worse: the act of doing something evil or person or people who ignore or failure to take action against evil?

Evil act is any thought, behavior or action that inflicts hurt (whether physical, emotional or mental trauma) on another without any justified reason or lack thereof. Few examples, a person who hits a stray dog with a stone just for fun is a bad person. One who gives pains to friends for no reason is a bad person. Or one who treats poor people as inconsequential or ignores them is a bad person. One who decides about characters by prejudice or bias and passes judgments is not a good person. One who shouts and makes others fear him/her is a bad person. The list can go on, but suffice to say, what is not good has to be its opposite or bad. In simple terms, evilness is a quality in a person, whereby that person hurts others in ways that the very life is taken away. One need not kill with a sword, gun or bombs to be called evil. At times, making false allegations on someone who never did what he/she is being blamed with is enough to kill the spirit and the body. That act is evil, and the person who acts like that is evil. Also, failing to carry out duty, acting in indifference or not taking action when it was required to be taken can constitute evilness or bad acts.

Nonetheless, one who witnesses, knows of or hears of evil acts, but fails to do anything is also evil for he or she has allowed evil to be propagated unchecked on to others. This reminds of old adage, “See no evil, hear no evil or speak no evil.”

Hence, what is more evil: the evildoers or their enablers?

The world is made of good and evil people. There are some, who are nothing but emperors of evilness. Stalin was one such person. There are many like him. But we also have evil persons in our society who are generally not considered evil, but are evil. Evilness can take several forms, but which one is worse: the act of doing something evil or person or people who ignore or failure to take action against evil?

Evil act is any thought, behavior or action that inflicts hurt (whether physical, emotional or mental trauma) on another without any justified reason or lack thereof. Few examples, a person who hits a stray dog with a stone just for fun is a bad person. One who gives pains to friends for no reason is a bad person. Or one who treats poor people as inconsequential or ignores them is a bad person. One who decides about characters by prejudice or bias and passes judgments is not a good person. One who shouts and makes others fear him/her is a bad person. The list can go on, but suffice to say, what is not good has to be its opposite or bad. In simple terms, evilness is a quality in a person, whereby that person hurts others in ways that the very life is taken away. One need not kill with a sword, gun or bombs to be called evil. At times, making false allegations on someone who never did what he/she is being blamed with is enough to kill the spirit and the body. That act is evil, and the person who acts like that is evil. Also, failing to carry out duty, acting in indifference or not taking action when it was required to be taken can constitute evilness or bad acts.

Nonetheless, one who witnesses, knows of or hears of evil acts, but fails to do anything is also evil for he or she has allowed evil to be propagated unchecked on to others. This reminds of old adage, “See no evil, hear no evil or speak no evil.”

Hence, what is more evil: the evildoers or their enablers?

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