bm,

evil is perhaps too strong a word but i can see where you are comming from. the biggest evil in the world is the human tendancy to seek revenge. i was listening to a phone in a few days ago and the widow of a soldier killed in iraq came on advocating that the war be stepped up and intensified as the 'only thing these people understand is violence'. unfortunately that way lies kossovo and chechnya (and to a certain extent israel / palestine) where the fighting is more out of habit or for generational grudges than any immediate reason (and i don;t count preemptive strikes as a valid reason for killing people).

cheers

julian