From: Zbadba@yabbs
To: Pele@yabbs
Subject: re: good'n'evil'n'sundry stuff
Date: Tue Aug  2 21:53:50 1994
Your logic is recursive. Evil = Malice = Bad = Evil. What is "hurt"?

In your example, from a different perspective, you may have "helped" the 
old man and his family- no costly doctor's bills, no slow and painful 
death, no chronic diseases. You've just removed a drain on the resources 
of the old man's family and society in general. The old man will never 
again feel physical pain (excluding any sort of afterlife you may believe 
in). Why is this "evil?"