Posted by Hunter [24.9.27.34 - c-24-9-27-34.client.comcast.net] on 17 December 2003 at 06.02.16 ZuluTime:

In Reply to: So you're evil, how so? posted by D. on 15 December 2003 at 11.18.33 ZuluTime:

What makes you evil?

Dunno. Who says I am?

Is this self-appointed or what others say?

I've had lots of people tell me I'm evil, for lots of different reasons, I guess. But if this is in reference to 'evilcoffeechick', then I made the name myself. So it could go either way, I suppose. Whatever way you wanted to look at it. If you wanted to look at it as if evil actually meant anything really important outside the realm of fiction and your own inferrences.

Some people may think bunnies are evil. Or dust, or germs, or smoke, or whatever.

I just happened to have thought that 'evilcoffeechick' was better than 'coffeechick2002' when it turned out that 'coffeechick' was taken. It was easier to understand than NocentCoffeeChick [which I also have, I think], and probably more appropriate and less saccharine than anything else that might've been available. It's a screenname without numbers; don't fucking ask me if the coffee is evil....

Are you proud to be evil, proud of anything?

Assuming I was evil, you'd probably assume I was proud of it, because pride is an 'evil' concept. But apathy tends to overtake such things.

WHY be evil? please don't counter with "why not?"

Firstly, don't tell me what to respond with. Telling me what I may and may not say restricts the argument to only precisely what you want to hear, in the end. And what you may want to hear may not be the truth.

Before you told me not to say 'why not', I likely wouldn't have said it without expanding on the concept of 'why not', but I'm almost inspired not to.

Almost....

See, 'why not' would rely on us having the same definitions of evil, or even the same understanding of what's being asked or talked about. I'm not even sure why the hell you're asking these things, but I'll just go ahead and assume [as I did earlier] that this was all brought on by a screenname.

I don't define evil as you do. I don't even really think about it. It's just a word that people apply to things they strongly dislike, in many cases. I could just as easily be evil for not being anti-abortion as I could for any form of blatant honesty. It's all in the other person.

And since it's not my job to worry about anyone else's feelings, I'm going to quit right here. Because I'm tired.