I thought it was fairly obvious, McG. Those that flew the planes into the WTC did so because they believed they were justified. Justified by the fact that what America does to the ME (in their opinion) is evil. Killing is not against Islam. If you must, then you may do so, & they felt that they had to. Actually, it's not even against christianity (depending on how you translate the hebrew).

This is not the argument that anonymous, craven, absent Guest makes. Guest seems to be a zealot whose argument is "what hurts me is evil". Perhaps not as rigidly so as some zealots, but notice that acts outside of Guest's cultural knowledge are automatically labelled as evil, regardless of the fact that they are justifiable by cultures that Guest seems to have no understanding of.

I am not a monotheist, & I believe in neither absolute good, nor absolute evil. I will defend even Hitler from the charge of evil. I can apply many adjectives to him. I think he was a raving lunatic. Twisted, warped, misguided, foolish, narrow-minded, & self-blinded. But he did what he felt was justified & what he felt was *right*. We judge him because he lost, not because he was wrong. Is he therefore evil?

Are *you* (whoever *you* are) so very, perfectly, absolutely, unequivocally right? Think again. Because that's what Adolf thought, too! Scary isn't it?

I don't believe in Evil. I do believe in humanity, whose follies & graces have been conspiciously demonstrated throughout all history. Evil is deliberately acting against what you accept is right, & few do that.

(N.B. I know that last remark is not watertight, but I cannot do better just now. I know what I mean, I hope someone else can make it plainer! ;) )