Then a dichotomy, in this instance, is well and truly out. The overwhelming majority of people/things which can be called good or evil fall into the grey area.
How? How many? As with anything that can be
generalised, it's dependant on the views and ethics and a dozen other characteristics of whoever is doing the generalising. Totally within the eye of the beholder. When you consider that good/neutral/evil alignments are themselves characteristics of all people (and therefore factors in the decision), you realise that it
is virtually impossible for a person/thing to be definitively labled as G/N/E. (It does your head in, eh?) Except by popular consensus which is basically an opinion formed by a group of like-minded individuals. Opinion. Which puts the whole topic of arguement squarely within the realm of rhetoric. As i pointed out in my first post.
I agree with you Aelia. My last post was only to give Vask some sense of closure. Now if you'll excuse me, my head's about to explode...
[Edit: Like-minded individuals is now my new, favourite misnomer...]
[ 09-01-2005, 01:02 AM: Message edited by: Sever ]