With all due respect to those who have batted that 'evil' debate over the net several times...'evil' is by its nature a loaded word. It indicates something other than just your disapproval.
   If you DO call something evil, you should at least refer to the guiding premise by which you call anything evil. it may be that some 'mean' a religious reference, while others simply mean "something so bad and unpleasant and... _ _ _ _...that it needs a strong word".

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now - beardedbruce: you are expecting WAY too much from folks in this debate/discussion when you insist on having them defend 'possible' abstract implications of some of their assertions or positions. Over & over you insist that 'saying this either implies or does not exclude that, even when it is clear that the poster in no way intended to defend or imply any such thing....Yes, it is possible to construct Venn diagrams showing embedded connections, and suggesting that for a learned paper, one might need to address possible misunderstandings...maybe in footnotes...but not here! Not unless you can document genuine **ERRORS** and bad faith...not just theoretical lapses.

You may feel smug that you have caught someone in careless logic, but all you really accomplish is distraction.